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Algebra.Com's Answer #173623 by Edwin McCravy(20056) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "To have a product 0, one of the 15 consecutive whole numbers \r\n" );
document.write( "has to be 0. And since the amallest whole number is 0, the 15 \r\n" );
document.write( "consecutive whole numbers are 0,1,2,3,...,14 and\r\n" );
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document.write( "So that's not just the GREATEST possible sum, it's also the\r\n" );
document.write( "LEAST and the ONLY possible sum of 15 consecutive whole numbers\r\n" );
document.write( "whose product is 0.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Maybe your teacher wanted you to find that sum by formula and\r\n" );
document.write( "not by adding directly.  If so the formula is\r\n" );
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