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1968 AMC 12/AHSME, 27
Tags: absolute value
Let $S_n=1-2+3-4+\cdots +(-1)^{n-1}n,\ n=1, 2, \cdots$. Then $S_{17}+S_{33}+S_{50}$ equals: $\textbf{(A)}\ 0 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 1 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 2 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ -1 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ -2$

2022 Belarusian National Olympiad, 11.7
Tags: algebra , sequence , absolute value
Numbers $-1011, -1010, \ldots, -1, 1, \ldots, 1011$ in some order form the sequence $a_1,a_2,\ldots, a_{2022}$. Find the maximum possible value of the sum $$|a_1|+|a_1+a_2|+\ldots+|a_1+\ldots+a_{2022}|$$