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Algorithm⌗

1. Start

2. Declare a variable of type int i = 0 and sum = 0

3. Iteration, iterate variable i in a loop from 1 to 50. On each iteration increment i by 1 and add i

   for i = 1 and i <= 50
   {
       sum = sum + i
       increment i = i + 1
   }
   

4. Print Sum

5. Stop

C++ Syntax⌗

#include<iostream.h>
using namespace std

int main()
{
    int i,sum=0;
    for(i=1;i<=50;++i) // for loop to iterate upto 50
    {
        sum += i; //sum = sum + i (C++ Shorthands)
    }
    cout<<"Sum of first 50 numbers : "<<sum;
    return 0;
}

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