On the straight road leading to the castle, the general arranged 100 sentries in this way. They started from the gate of the castle and lined up in sequence between two adjacent sentries with a distance of 1 meter. Excuse me, what is the sum of the distances between any two sentries in meters?
在通往城堡的笔直的道路上，将军这样安排了100个哨兵，他们从城堡门口开始，依次排在相邻两名哨兵之间的距离均为1米．请问，哨兵中任意两人的距离的总和为多少米？
<gadget id="calculator">100 - 1</gadget>
<output>99</output>

<gadget id="calculator">99 + 1</gadget>
<output>100</output>

<gadget id="calculator">99 / 2</gadget>
<output>99/2 = around 49.5</output>

<gadget id="calculator">100 * (99/2)</gadget>
<output>4_950</output>

<result>4_950</result>