The numbers are written on the blackboard. Ann makes the following operations: she erases any two numbers and from the blackboard, writes down to the blackboard one number — the sum , afterwards she writes the number to her notebook. After 49 such operations when only one number left on the blackboard, Ann found the sum of all 49 numbers which she wrote to her notebook.
a) Prove that doesn't depend on the order of Ann's operations.
b) Find .