Problem

1967 AHSME Problem 39

Given the sets of consecutive integers \{1\},\{2, 3\},\{4,5,6\},\{7,8,9,10\},\; \cdots \;, where each set contains one more element than the preceding one, and where the first element of each set is one more than the last element of the preceding set. Let S_n be the sum of the elements in the nth set. Then S_n equals:

\textbf{(A)}\ 1113\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 4641 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 5082\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 53361\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \text{none of these}


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