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Christmas Carol Grammar. Grammar Girl. Let us look at what happens on day n. This is also the definition of the nth triangular number. On day 7 for example the singer receives 28 gifts which is the 7 th triangular number. Let us now look at the running total of gifts at the end of day. The running total will be equal to where stands for the th triangular number. We are basically adding up the first triangular numbers. If you add up the first triangular numbers you end up with what is called the th tetrahedral number.
Luckily we have a formula for the nth tetrahedral number which is. Now imagine if the singer had continued receiving gifts from their true love for 20 days. The singer will have: gifts! No wonder the true love stopped after 12 days! On the second day of Christmas, my true love sent to me Two turtle doves, And a partridge in a pear tree.
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