2016 AMC 12A Problem 6


A triangular array of 20162016 coins has 11 coin in the first row, 22 coins in the second row, 33 coins in the third row, and so on up to NN coins in the NN th row. What is the sum of the digits of NN ?

(A) 6(B) 7(C) 8(D) 9(E) 10\textbf{(A)}\ 6\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 7\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 8\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 9\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 10


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Category: AMC 12A
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