Question

2. A king wanted to reward his advisor, a wise man of the kingdom. So he asked the wiseman to name his own reward. The wiseman thanked the king but said that he would ask only for some gold coins each day for a month. The coins were to be counted out in a pattern of one coin for the first day, 3 coins for the second day, 5 coins for the third day and so on for 30 days. Without making calculations, find how many coins will the advisor get in that month?

Answer 1

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

The total amount he will get at the end = 1 + 3 + 5 + …

As we see it an odd natural number series,

And the the number of terms (n) = 30

Sum of odd natural numbers = n2 = 302 = 900

He will get 900 coins in that month.

Answer 2

Answer:1261 rupees

Step-by-step explanation: