SOLUTION: The numbers 1,6,11,16... are written in order in a book, 50 to a page, beginning on page 1. The number 12346 will be written on page...

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Question 1123296: The numbers 1,6,11,16... are written in order in a book, 50 to a page, beginning on page 1. The number 12346 will be written on page...
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The pattern is , n = 1,2,3, …


<<<—— first number on page 2

Page number = floor ( n / 50 ) + 1 where floor(x) means truncate x to the closest integer less than or equal to x.

…..



Page = floor( 2470/50 ) + 1 = floor (49.4) + 1 = 49 + 1 = 50

Ans: Page 50 will have the number 12346.


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