2015 UNM-PNM Statewide High School Mathematics Contest II Problems/Problem 1
Problem
In the sequence what number occupies position ?
Solution
Since there is one, twos, fours and so on, the number that occupies a position is . Since , we get the rd number to be . Since the th position is positions higher than the last , the answer is .
See also
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