SOLUTION: If the letters of the alphabet are in the following pattern abbcccddddeeeee... and it continues with this pattern til the end of the alphabet, what is the 100th letter?

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Question 281041: If the letters of the alphabet are in the following pattern abbcccddddeeeee... and it continues with this pattern til the end of the alphabet, what is the 100th letter?
Answer by brucewill(101) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You just keep adding ... 1 + 2 + 3 ... until you get the sum over 100.
It turns out, ... + 14 = 105; the 14th letter is "n".