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I tried that but it didn't work......

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*it didn't help

Well my problem is that when i run my program, it keeps printing out 2 as the answer but the answer should be 8111. So i probably messed up with while(Sn != 472151 )

public static void question3()
{
/*
1. S(n) stands for the sum of all the numbers in the Hailstone sequence beginning with n. For example, S(6) = 55 and
S(7) = 288. For what integer...

public static void question3()
{


1. S(n) stands for the sum of all the numbers in the Hailstone sequence beginning with n. For example, S(6) = 55 and
S(7) = 288. For what integer n...

If n is even, the next integer is n/2.
If n is odd, the next integer is 3n+1.

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this is my method so far...
public static void question3()
{
/*
1. S(n) stands for...

This is the task:
This puzzle involves sequences of integers known as Hailstone sequences. A Hailstone sequence begins with any positive integer and continues until it reaches 1. When a positive...