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#1 Re: Puzzles and Games » Starter puzzle on this site "12 Days Of Christmas" » 2018-08-08 17:57:19

I have found the general solution for this puzzle,

For number of days = n
Total Presents = n(n+1)(n+2)/6

This can be derived as follows
Presents for n'th day = n(n+1)/2 because it is the sum of numbers from 1 to n.
Total presents till n'th day = Σ n(n+1)/2
Simplifying we will get the above formula

Hope it is helpful.

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