SOLUTION: A collection of chairs is set up into 22 rows. The first row has 96 chairs, and each row after that one has 2 less chairs than the preceding row. How many total chairs are there

Question 1084070: A collection of chairs is set up into 22 rows. The first row has
96 chairs, and each row after that one has 2 less chairs than the
preceding row. How many total chairs are there in the collection?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

96+94+92+ ...  to 22 terms:

a₁ = 96, n = 22, d = -2













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Edwin

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