2015 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 9
Problem
On her first day of work, Janabel sold one widget. On day two, she sold three widgets. On day three, she sold five widgets, and on each succeeding day, she sold two more widgets than she had sold on the previous day. How many widgets in total had Janabel sold after working days?
Solutions
Solution 1
First, we have to find how many widgets she makes on Day . We can write the linear equation
to represent this situation. Then, we can plug in
for
:
--
--
The sum of
is
Solution 2
The sum is just the sum of the first odd integers, which is
Solution 3
We can easily find out she makes widgets on Day
. Then, we make the sum of
by adding in this way:
, which include
pairs of
. So the sum of
is
----LarryFlora
See Also
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