A boy has written a sequence of consecutive natural numbers. The number of elements in the sequence is equal to the smallest element among them doubled and subtracted by 2. The arithmetic mean of the sequence is 12.5. What is the greatest written number?

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A boy has written a sequence of consecutive natural numbers. The number of elements in the sequence is equal to the smallest
element among them doubled and subtracted by 2. The arithmetic mean of the sequence is 12.5. What is the greatest written
number?
Transcribed Image Text:A boy has written a sequence of consecutive natural numbers. The number of elements in the sequence is equal to the smallest element among them doubled and subtracted by 2. The arithmetic mean of the sequence is 12.5. What is the greatest written number?
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