Posted by Soroban on September 21, 2002 at 01:45:45:
In Reply to: consecutive numbers posted by oldguy on September 21, 2002 at 00:16:32:
: how many sets of five consecutive numbers can be made from twenty five consecutive numbers?
How about FIVE?
Say, the 25 consecutive numbers are 1,2,3,...,25.
Then there are only FIVE sets of five consecutive numbers:
{1,2,3,4,5}, {6,7,8,9,10}, (11,12,13,14,15), etc.