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Given a number N, the task is to find the number of cards needed to make a House of Cards of N levels.
 


Examples: 
 

Input: N = 3 
Output: 15 
From the above image, it is clear that for the House of Cards for 3 levels 15 cards are needed
Input: N = 2 
Output:
 


 


Approach: 
 

  1. If we observe carefully, then a series will be formed as shown below in which i-th item denotes the number of triangular cards needed to make a pyramid of i levels: 
     

2, 7, 15, 26, 40, 57, 77, 100, 126, 155………and so on.


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  2. The above series is a method of difference series where differences are in AP as 5, 8, 11, 14……. and so on. 
     
  3. Therefore nth term of the series will be: 
     
nth term = 2 + {5 + 8 + 11 +14 +.....(n-1) terms}
         = 2 + (n-1)*(2*5+(n-1-1)*3)/2
         = 2 + (n-1)*(10+(n-2)*3)/2
         = 2 + (n-1)*(10+3n-6)/2
         = 2 + (n-1)*(3n+4)/2
         = n*(3*n+1)/2;

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  2. Therefore the number of cards needed for building a House of Cards of N levels will be: 
     
n*(3*n+1)/2

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Below is the implementation of the above approach:
 

CPP

// C++ implementation of the above approach
 
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
 
// Function to find number of cards needed
int noOfCards(int n)
{
    return n * (3 * n + 1) / 2;
}
 
// Driver Code
int main()
{
    int n = 3;
    cout << noOfCards(n) << ", ";
    return 0;
}

                    

Java

// Java implementation of the above approach
import java.lang.*;
 
class GFG
{
    // Function to find number of cards needed
    public static int noOfCards(int n)
    {
        return n * (3 * n + 1) / 2;
    }
     
    // Driver Code
    public static void main(String args[])
    {
        int n = 3;
        System.out.print(noOfCards(n));
    }
}
 
// This code is contributed by shubhamsingh10

                    

Python3

# Python3 implementation of the above approach
 
# Function to find number of cards needed
def noOfCards(n):
    return n * (3 * n + 1) // 2
 
# Driver Code
n = 3
print(noOfCards(n))
 
# This code is contributed by mohit kumar 29

                    

C#

// C# implementation of the above approach
using System;
 
class GFG
{
    // Function to find number of cards needed
    public static int noOfCards(int n)
    {
        return n * (3 * n + 1) / 2;
    }
      
    // Driver Code
    public static void Main(String []args)
    {
        int n = 3;
        Console.Write(noOfCards(n));
    }
}
 
// This code is contributed by 29AjayKumar

                    

Javascript

<script>
 
// Javascript implementation of the above approach
 
// Function to find number of cards needed
function noOfCards(n)
{
    return parseInt(n * (3 * n + 1) / 2);
}
 
// Driver Code
var n = 3;
document.write(noOfCards(n));
 
</script>

                    

Output: 
15

 

Time Complexity: O(1)

Auxiliary Space: O(1)
 



Last Updated : 21 Dec, 2021
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