Question: Christmas Counting Problem
Friday, 21 of December , 2007 at 6:01 pm
I am finally on Christmas vacation which has gotten me in the Christmas spirit. I thought it would be fun to have a problem related to Christmas. The problem is very easy… which is great because I’m on vacation. In order to solve this problem, you will need to be familiar with the lyrics to the 12 days of Christmas.
Question: If we take the 12 days of Christmas literally, what is the total number of items you will have received at the end of the twelve days? For example, on the first day you have received one item (1 partridge), on the second day you will receive three items (1 partridge, and 2 doves), on the third day you would receive six items (1 partridge, 2 doves, and 3 french hens), etc.
I am finally on Christmas vacation which has gotten me in the Christmas spirit. I thought it would be fun to have a problem related to Christmas. The problem is very easy… which is great because I’m on vacation. In order to solve this problem, you will need to be familiar with the lyrics to the 12 days of Christmas.
Question: If we take the 12 days of Christmas literally, what is the total number of items you will have received at the end of the twelve days? For example, on the first day you have received one item (1 partridge), on the second day you will receive three items (1 partridge, and 2 doves), on the third day you would receive six items (1 partridge, 2 doves, and 3 french hens), etc.
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