Why Does This Number Pattern Always Result in 6?

In summary, the speaker noticed a peculiar pattern while playing with numbers. They struggled to describe it verbally, but it can be easily understood by looking at a picture. The pattern involves adding numbers in an Arithmetic progression to the cubes of consecutively decreasing numbers, which always results in 6 when following the steps shown in the picture. The speaker is curious about the reason behind this and is asking for help in finding it, suggesting looking up the method of finite differences.
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I was just playing with some numbers and I noticed this weird pattern. Because of the complexity of the problem I am finding it hard to describe it in words. But you can easily understand it by looking at the picture. Whenever I form a series by adding numbers in Arithmetic progression to the cubes of consecutively decreasing numbers then they always give 6 if I follow the steps shown in the pic. There must be some reason behind it. Can anybody help me find it. I am just asking it out of curiosity.
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Look up the method of finite differences.

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