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What is the 200th odd number

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1st one . . . . . 1
2nd one . . . . . 3
3rd one . . . . . 5
4th one . . . . . 7
5th one . . . . . 9
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9th one . . . . . 17

It looks to me like the 'n'th odd number is always (2n - 1) .

In that case, the 200th odd number is (2x200 - 1) = 399 .

I'll let you check it out and see if that's correct.


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