Find 1+2+3+4+...+ 100, the sum of the first 100 natural numbers.

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Recognize that the problem asks for the sum of the first 100 natural numbers, which is an arithmetic series where the first term $a_1 = 1$ and the last term $a_n = 100$.

Recall the formula for the sum of the first $n$ natural numbers: $S_n = \frac{n(n+1)}{2}$, where $n$ is the number of terms.

Identify that in this problem, $n = 100$ because we are summing from 1 to 100.

Substitute $n = 100$ into the formula to set up the expression: $S_{100} = \frac{100(100+1)}{2}$.

Simplify the expression step-by-step to find the sum, but do not calculate the final numeric value as per instructions.

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An arithmetic series is the sum of the terms of an arithmetic sequence, where each term increases by a constant difference. In this problem, the numbers 1, 2, 3, ..., 100 form an arithmetic sequence with a common difference of 1.

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