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If 1 + 2 + 3 + ... + n = 210, what is n?

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Correct answer: 20

The governing concept is the triangular-number identity 1 + 2 + 3 + ... + n = n(n + 1)/2. Equating this to 210 gives n(n + 1)/2 = 210, and therefore n(n + 1) = 420. For n = 20, the product is 20 × 21 = 420, so the sum is 20 × 21/2 = 210. Thus option C is correct. A neighboring check gives S_19 = 19 × 20/2 = 190 and S_21 = 21 × 22/2 = 231, so 210 lies exactly between these at n = 20. Since triangular sums increase strictly for positive n, no other option can satisfy the equation. The ellipsis means that all consecutive integers from 1 to n are included.

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MathematicsSequencesNatural-NumbersSumSum Of First N Natural NumbersSequences And ProgressionsClass 9 Mcq

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