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Alphabet Repeat Pattern Poser (Posted on 2010-10-18)

The string abbcccddddeeeee.... continuously repeats - with a repeating once, b repeating twice and so on, such that after the final z, the letters abbcccddddeeeee.... begin again.

What will be the 2010^th letter in the above pattern?

As a bonus, what will be the 2010th letter in the above pattern, if instead - after the final z, the next a repeats 27 times, then b repeats 28 times and so forth?

Submitted by K Sengupta

Rating: 5.0000 (1 votes)

Solution: (Hide)

The 2010th letter in the given pattern is w.

For the bonus, the 2010th letter in the given pattern is k.

For a detailed explanation, refer to the solution submitted by Charlie in this location.

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Subject	Author	Date
a shortcut spoiler	Ady TZIDON	2010-10-18 14:53:27
wwwwwwwhat's up?	ed bottemiller	2010-10-18 14:23:49
solution	Charlie	2010-10-18 14:22:19

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