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Endless Summer (Posted on 2003-10-20)

Suppose that the song "99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall" was sung from beginning to end.

What would be the sum of all the numbers (including repeats, of course) in the song?

Then, suppose you have some arbitrary number n bottles, which you would like to sing about. Find a formula in terms of n for the sum of all the numbers you will be singing.

See The Solution Submitted by DJ

Rating: 4.0000 (9 votes)

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Subject	Author	Date
'Official Solution' missed the final verse	Dej Mar	2008-09-05 02:53:48
Answer	K Sengupta	2008-09-04 13:20:41
an answer	logischer Verstand	2004-03-21 22:54:44
dont know	Minion123	2003-11-13 00:20:24
hmm...	Victor Zapana	2003-10-29 20:12:23
Solution	ethan	2003-10-20 16:52:35
solution	Lee	2003-10-20 12:16:04
re: Solution 2nd part	fwaff	2003-10-20 09:15:17
Solution	RoyCook	2003-10-20 08:39:04

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