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Consecutive Conclusion (Posted on 2014-09-30)

Determine the maximum possible value of N for which 3¹¹ is expressible as the sum of N consecutive positive integers.

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re: two computer algorithm solutions

| Comment 7 of 11 |

The first version uses a formula for first element based on n, which must be a power of 2 or twice a power of 2:

should be power of 3

Posted by Ady TZIDON on 2014-09-30 23:15:00

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