SOLUTION: Greg has 55 blocks. He stacks up all the blocks so that each row has one less block than the row below. He wants to end up with one block on top. How many blocks should he put on t

SOLUTION: Greg has 55 blocks. He stacks up all the blocks so that each row has one less block than the row below. He wants to end up with one block on top. How many blocks should he put on t

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Question 1017367: Greg has 55 blocks. He stacks up all the blocks so that each row has one less block than the row below. He wants to end up with one block on top. How many blocks should he put on the bottom row?

Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+10 = 55 blocks
10 on the bottom row.
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