Trout weigh Puzzle
A trout's tail weighs eight pounds.
Its head weighs as much as the tail and one-half of the body combined, and the body weighs as much as the head and tail combined.
What does the whole trout weigh?
Solution (Previous Puzzle):
2870.
There is one 20x20, four 19x19, nine 18x18, sixteen 17x17, etc.
The sum of the counts is 1 + 4 + 9 + 16 + 25 + 36 + ... + 400 = 2870.
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