Write a for loop that computes the following sum: 5+10+15+20+…+485+490+495+500. The sum should be placed in a variable sum that has already been declared and initialized to 0. In addition, there is another variable, num that has also been declared. You must not use any other variables.

LANGUAGE: Visual Basic

CHALLENGE:

Write a for loop that computes the following sum: 5+10+15+20+…+485+490+495+500.
The sum should be placed in a variable sum that has already been declared and initialized to 0.
In addition, there is another variable, num that has also been declared.
You must not use any other variables.

SOLUTION:

sum = 0
For num = 5 to 500 step 5
    sum += num
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