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Precompute cumulative sums
Create an array where is the sum of all elements from index to . This is a cumulative sum.
For , compute . Each entry adds the current element to the previous sum.
To find the sum from to , compute (or just if ). This uses the telescoping property: intermediate terms cancel.
