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Old 08-23-2004, 10:47 PM
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Yeah, when my maths method started to get difficult, I switched to a programming method.

Which is good, because it turned out to be wrong anyway. I found the error: instead of summing 1/2*k*(k+1) between k=1 and k=y, I needed to sum 1/2*k*(k+1) + 1 between k=1 and k=y-1.
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