Charlize accidentally omitted two consecutive integers when adding the elements of the arithmetic sequence, $\{1, 2, 3, \ldots, n\}$. If the sum she obtained is $241$, what is the smallest possible value of $n$?
Note that the sum of the first 21 integers is 21 * 22 /2 = 231...this isn't large enough
And the sum of the first 22 integers = 22 * 23 / 2 = 253
So 253 - 241 = 12 = omitted sum..... but the sum of two consecutive integers must be odd
And......the sum of the first 23 integers is 23 * 24 / 2 = 276
So.......276 - 241 = 35 = omitted sum
So....the consecutive integers omitted must be 17 and 18
So....... the smallest value of n is 23