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However the solution can be arrived at as follows-
If there were 63 pages in the book,the sum of the page numbers from 1 to 63 will be 2016.
As the addition of an extra page number gave the total 2014,the total number of pages could not be 63 but 62.
For 62 pages the sum of the page numbers will be 1953 and so the page number added wrongly should be 2014-1953=61.
However the solution can be arrived at as follows-
If there were 63 pages in the book,the sum of the page numbers from 1 to 63 will be 2016.
As the addition of an extra page number gave the total 2014,the total number of pages could not be 63 but 62.
For 62 pages the sum of the page numbers will be 1953 and so the page number added wrongly should be 2014-1953=61.
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