1993 AMC 8 Problem 19

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19.

What is the value of the following expression?

$\begin{gathered} \small (1901 + 1902 + 1903 + \cdots + 1993) \\ \small {}- (101 + 102 + 103 + \cdots + 193) \end{gathered}$

$167{,}400$

$172{,}050$

$181{,}071$

$199{,}300$

$362{,}142$

Difficulty rating: 960

Each number in the first sum is exactly $1800$ more than the matching number in the second sum, and there are $93$ such pairs.

So the difference is $93 \times 1800 = 167{,}400.$

Thus, the correct answer is A .