My Method:
// Find the sum of 1! + 2! +3! + 4! +...+ 20!
int term(int r)
{
int i;
long t = 1;
for (i = 1; i <= r; ++i)
t = t * i;
return t;
}
#include<stdio.h>
void main()
{
int j, n = 20;
long sum = 0;
for (j = 1; j <= n; ++j)
sum = sum + term(j);
printf("The sum of 1! + 2! +3! + 4! +...+ 20! is %ld\n", sum);
}
Another method:
// Find the sum of 1! + 2! + 3! +...+ 20!
#include<stdio.h>
void main()
{
int i = 1, n = 20;
long sum = 0, s = 1;
while (i <= n)
{
s = s * i;
sum = sum + s;
++i;
}
printf("The sum of 1! + 2! + 3! +...+ 20! is %ld\n", sum);
}
It is obvious to see that the second method is much easier than my method. We could learn a lot from comparing our method
with other people's method of the same problem.
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