There exists a unique strictly increasing arithmetic sequence {ai}i=1100\{a_i\}_{i=1}^{100} of positive integers such that a1+a4+a9+⋯+a100=1000,a_1+a_4+a_9+\cdots+a_{100}=\text{1000}, where the summation runs over all terms of the form ai2a_{i^2} for 1≤i≤101\leq i\leq 10. Find a50a_{50}.

(Source: NIMO 18)

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