document.write( "Question 1113288: A theater has 40 rows with 26 seats in the first row, 31 in the second row, 36 in the third row, and so forth. How many seats are in the theater? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #728292 by mananth(16946)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! \r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "A theater has 40 rows with 26 seats in the first row, 31 in the second row, 36 in the third row, and so forth. \r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "There is an arithmetic sequence in seats arrangement.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "first term a = 26 \n" ); document.write( "difference = 5 ( between consecutive rows) \n" ); document.write( "number of rows =40\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Total seats = Sn sum of all terms\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Use formula for sum of n terms\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Plug the values and get the total seats =4940 seats\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |