CEMC Cayley, 2000

Algebra Difficulty 2.0 Junior Find the answer Canada

Evaluate $(-50)+(-48)+(-46)+\ldots+54+56$ .

(A) $156$ (B) $10$ (C) $56$ (D) $110$ (E) $162$

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