SOLUTION: "The martins own a forestry field. They have grown each tree from seedlings to be harvested after a 10-year period. The field contains 152 trees. The number of trees in each row is

Question 790604: "The martins own a forestry field. They have grown each tree from seedlings to be harvested after a 10-year period. The field contains 152 trees. The number of trees in each row is 3 more than twice the number of rows. Find the number of rows and the number of trees per row".
Can I get help with setting up and solving this word problem?
I feel that the "10-year period" part is unneeded information and does not go into the equation, but I am not sure on this.
Thank you for your time!
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The martins own a forestry field. They have grown each tree from seedlings to be harvested after a 10-year period.
The field contains 152 trees. The number of trees in each row is 3 more than twice the number of rows. Find the number of rows and the number of trees per row.
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Let # of rows be "r".
# of trees in each row = 2r+3
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# of trees = r(2r+3) = 152
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2r^2 + 3r - 152 = 0
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r = 81
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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