document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1202122>Question 1202122</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> On a string of pearls, the largest pearl is in the center and the smallest pearls are on the <BR>\n" );
document.write( "ends. Each of the small pearls on the two ends costs $1; each of the next larger pearls costs <BR>\n" );
document.write( "$2 each; the third pearl from each end costs $3 each; and so on. On the basis of this plan, <BR>\n" );
document.write( "how much would a string of 9 pearls cost? 12? 25? n? what equation can be used to find the cost of any number of pearls? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "for 9 pearls<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8+6+4+2+5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "25\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Maybe you can look for a formula.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "for 12 pearls?  Which do you want as the \"middle\"? </SPAN>\n" );
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