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Direct Proof · Medium problem

A direct proof that the sum of any five consecutive integers is divisible by 55 calls them n,n+1,…,n+4n, n + 1, \ldots, n + 4 and ends: "the sum is 5(n+c)5(n + c), and n+cn + c is an integer." What is cc?