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Algebra Difficulty 2.0 Junior Find the answer United Kingdom

Which one of the following expressions is a square number for each positive integer nn?

(A) n+1n+1 (B) n(n+1)+1n(n+1)+1 (C) n(n+1)(n+2)+1n(n+1)(n+2)+1 (D) n(n+1)(n+2)(n+3)+1n(n+1)(n+2)(n+3)+1 (E) n(n+1)(n+2)(n+3)(n+4)+1n(n+1)(n+2)(n+3)(n+4)+1

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