Consider the sets $A_1=\{1\}$, $A_2=\{2,3,4\}$, $A_3=\{5,6,7,8,9\}$, etc. Let $b_n$ be the arithmetic mean of the smallest and the greatest element in $A_n$. Show that the number $\frac{2000}{b_1-1}+\frac{2000}{b_2-1}+\ldots+\frac{2000}{b_{2000}-1}$ is a prime integer.