Blocked from publishing a solution

Here is my solution for "Can you hack it?"

By finding the first differences and the second differences the function can be determined to be f(n)=4n^2 -3n -8. Substituting 6 for n we get 118

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Comments

what do you mean by hack it

Anuj Shikarkhane - 6 years, 11 months ago

To cope with successfully; manage:

Guiseppi Butel - 6 years, 11 months ago

Guiseppi, I noticed this is your second post about being unable to publish solutions. Can you describe the issue that you are facing?

Calvin Lin Staff - 6 years, 11 months ago

In this one I wasn't given the opportunity to Publish my solution from private to public. In the Counting triangles the submit solution button wasn't alive for me.

Guiseppi Butel - 6 years, 11 months ago

Thanks. I have published your solution to this problem.

I am not able to reproduce the other issue. Please inform me if you notice that the "preview/continue/publish" buttons do not work for you. If you send me a screenshot, that can help me understand it better.

Calvin Lin Staff - 6 years, 11 months ago

@Calvin Lin – They are both working now in the homes of both.

Guiseppi Butel - 6 years, 11 months ago

Math	Appears as
Remember to wrap math in `\(` ... `\)` or `\[` ... `\]` to ensure proper formatting.
`2 \times 3`	$2 \times 3$
`2^{34}`	$2^{34}$
`a_{i-1}`	$a_{i-1}$
`\frac{2}{3}`	$\frac{2}{3}$
`\sqrt{2}`	$\sqrt{2}$
`\sum_{i=1}^3`	$\sum_{i=1}^3$
`\sin \theta`	$\sin \theta$
`\boxed{123}`	$\boxed{123}$