interesting twist. simply find the day and mod by 7
sum(i) from 1 to n = (n*(n+1)/2
looking at the values, the 105th page is read on the 14th day, so the second sunday
Janelle T.
asked 02/10/19Pat reads 1 page of a certain novel every Monday, 2 pages every Tuesday, 3 pages every Wednesday, and so on up to 7 pages every Sunday. She reads every page exactly once and does not skip any days. Suppose Pat starts reading page 1 on a Monday and reads the pages in order. On which day of the week does she read page 100?
interesting twist. simply find the day and mod by 7
sum(i) from 1 to n = (n*(n+1)/2
looking at the values, the 105th page is read on the 14th day, so the second sunday
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Janelle T.
Oh, thank you very much for helping me.02/10/19