SOLUTION: Arithmetic Sequence Problem: How many times will a clock strike in one week if it strikes the appropriate number of times in each hour?

Question 982202: Arithmetic Sequence Problem:
How many times will a clock strike in one week if it strikes the appropriate number of times in each hour?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

At 12:00 Midnight ("Saturday night", actually beginning Sunday morning),
the clock strikes 12 times.
At 1 AM Sunday morning it strikes 1 time.
At 2 AM Sunday morning it strikes 2 times.
...

At 11 AM Sunday morning it strikes 11 times.

That's the sum of the integers 1 through 12.









It strikes 78 times twice a day for 7 days. 

That's 14x78 = 1092 times a week that it strikes.

Edwin

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