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The sum of 2k-4
From one to thirteen plus a score,
Over eleven,
Plus eighteen times seven,
Equals six cubed and not a bit more.

(Will Nediger, “Can Math Limericks Survive?”, Word Ways 37:3 [August 2004], 238.)

\displaystyle \frac{\sum_{k=1}^{33}2k-4}{11}+\left ( 18\times 7 \right )=6^{3}

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August 11, 2025August 11, 2025 | Poems · Science & Math

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