Question

how many consecutive natural numbers starting from 1should be added to get 300?

Answer 1

300-1=299 because here 1 is there

Answer 2

here n= ?

so,

300=n(n+1)/2

600=n²+n

n²+n-600=0

n²+25n-24n-600=0

n(n+25)-24(n+25)=0

(n+25)(n-24)=0

therefore,

n=24