SOLUTION: the band leader wants to line up the 92 band members in 4 rows so that each row has two more members than the row before. How many members should be in the shortest row?

Question 218407: the band leader wants to line up the 92 band members in 4 rows so that each row has two more members than the row before. How many members should be in the shortest row?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = the number of band
members in the shortest row
The next row will have band members
The next row will have band members
The fourth row will have band members
given:
There are band members

The shortest row has 20 members

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