document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=919633>Question 919633</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A theater has 32 rows of seats. If there are 26 seats in the 1st row, 30 in the 2nd, 34 in the 3rd and so on, how many seats are there in all?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "rows ---------32-n\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "first term ------------26-----------a\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "d---------------------------4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Sn = n/2( 2a+(n-1)d)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "=32/2 (2*26+(31)4)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "=16(52+124)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "=16(176)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "=2816 seats\r<BR>\n" );
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