Devising a Plan: Solution
Devise a plan to solve the problem.
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Solution
We’ve learned how to use Gauss’s method to calculate the sum of the first 100 consecutive numbers. Let’s apply this technique to assist little Jill in determining the number of blocks needed for her wall. In this case, we have only numbers and the corresponding illustration will look like this:
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So we have pairs of numbers that add up to .
The total number of blocks required to make Jill’s triangular wall is:
Arithmetic series
A sequence of numbers like the one presented in this chapter is called an arithmetic sequence—a sequence of numbers in which the difference between two ...