SOLUTION: Find the sum of the first n positive integers?

SOLUTION: Find the sum of the first n positive integers?

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Question 270608: Find the sum of the first n positive integers?
Answer by rfadrogane(214) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let n - is any positive integers
S - sum of the first "n" integers
S = n(n+1)/2
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