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I need more detail solution:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "always placing two more bricks in every row below. If he has a total of 950 little
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document.write( "This is an arithmetic progression, with formula: . 
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document.write( "Proceed to determine n, or number of rows, with:
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document.write( " being the sum of the AP, or 950
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document.write( " being the 1st term, or 2
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document.write( "d being the common difference, or 2\r
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document.write( "Plugging the variables into the formula should result in the quadratic equation: 
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document.write( "This results in n, or number of rows being 30.822 ≈ 30\r
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document.write( "Since each brick is 1 cm high, then height of wall = 30 * 1, or  cm
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