SOLUTION: A shop assistant was to stack 231 cereal boxes in a display window. The manager wanted all
231 boxes to be used and the boxes to be stacked in a triangle.
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Question 1143728: A shop assistant was to stack 231 cereal boxes in a display window. The manager wanted all
231 boxes to be used and the boxes to be stacked in a triangle.
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How many boxes needed to be placed on the bottom row to build the
display and what is the equation to work it out? Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! want the sum of n numbers, which is n(n+1)/2
that equals 231
so n(n+1)=462
n^2+n-462=0
(n+22)(n-21)=0
positive root is n=21
boxes on the bottom row.
