【问题】某人从某年开始每年举办一次生日派对,并且每次都要吹熄与年龄相同根数的蜡烛。现在算起来他一共吹熄了236根蜡烛。请问他从多少岁开始举办生日派对的?
//练习题,生日蜡烛
#include<iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
int start, i, sum = 0;
for (i = 1; i < 100; i++)
{
start = i;
for (int j = i; j < 100; j++)
{
sum = (start + j) * (j - start + 1);
if (sum == 472)
{
cout << start;
break;
}
}
}
return 0;
}