Ok, it turns out I didn't know how to do more of these then I thought... I figured I'd just go to the math tutoring center before class tomorrow, but apparently they don't offer tutoring for my class on a walk-in basis. Serves me right for waiting til the last minute.
The integers greater than 1 are arranged as shown:
I need to find out which columns 100, 1000, 1999, and 99,997 will fall into.
All I can figure out is that, for example, 100 has to be in the 2nd or 4th because it's even. The book says it's the 4, 6, 12, 14 column, but I don't know why. I can just write the chart out to 100 to figure that out, but obviously 99,997 might take me a bit longer. I'd really appreciate your help! Thanks!
The integers greater than 1 are arranged as shown:
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Row 1: 2 3 4 5
Row 2: 9 8 7 6
Row 3: 10 11 12 13
Row 4: 17 16 15 14All I can figure out is that, for example, 100 has to be in the 2nd or 4th because it's even. The book says it's the 4, 6, 12, 14 column, but I don't know why. I can just write the chart out to 100 to figure that out, but obviously 99,997 might take me a bit longer. I'd really appreciate your help! Thanks!
