In the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” gifts are sent on successive days according to the following pattern:
First day: A partridge in a pear tree.
Second day. Two turtledoves and another partridge.
Third day: Three French hens, two turtledoves, and a partridge And so on.
For each i = 1,…,12, let gi be the number of gifts sent on the ith day. Then g1 = 1, and for i = 2,…,12 we have
gi = gi − 1 + i.
Now let tn be the total number of gifts sent during the first n days of Christmas. Find a formula for tn in the form
,
where a, b,c ∈ ℕ.
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