Looking for 2019 2019 among the rest.

In the above diagram in which row 2019 2019 appears?

60 62 64 63 61

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Henry U
Jan 2, 2019

The first row ends with 1.
The second row ends with 3.
The third row ends with 6.
The fourth row ends with 10.
In general, the n n -th row ends with Δ n = n ( n + 1 ) 2 \Delta_n = \frac {n(n+1)}{2} .

n ( n + 1 ) 2 = 2019 n 63 \frac {n(n+1)}{2}=2019 \Rightarrow n \approx 63

Δ 63 = 63 ( 63 + 1 ) 2 = 2016 \Delta_{63} = \frac {63\cdot(63+1)}{2} = 2016

This means that the 63rd row ends with 2016, so 2019 is the third number in row 64 .


Δ n \Delta_n is the n n -th triangular number .

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