In the program below, $y$ is a positive integer (e.g., 1, 2, 3, ...).

What is the value of result after running the program?

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A good way to do this problem would be to try a value for $y$, such as $5$. Running the program:

We will repeat the following procedure 3 times:

For 5 times, we will add 1 to the result.

$$0+1+1+1+1+1 = 5$$

Doing this two more times will result in:

$$5+1+1+1+1+1 =10$$ $$10+1+1+1+1+1 =15$$

So when $y=5$, we obtain a value of $15$, implying $3y$.