(January 22, 2015 at 1:05 pm)TRJF Wrote: To bookend, the "other" solution, other than 143, was 165.Minor correction, but that is it.
2
2*2+2 = 6
6*2+3 = 15
15*2+5 = 35
35*2+7 = 77
77*2+11 = 165
and so on!
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