SOLUTION: a grocer makes a display of canned tomatoes that are on sale there are 24 cans in the first layer and , after the first each layer contains three fewer cans than in the layer below

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Question 1003280: a grocer makes a display of canned tomatoes that are on sale there are 24 cans in the first layer and , after the first each layer contains three fewer cans than in the layer below there are three cans in the top layer how many layers of cans are in the display show work
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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Starting at the bottom layer:
24
24 - 1*3
24 - 2*3
24 - 3*3
24 - 4*3
24 - 5*3
24 - 6*3
24 - 7*3 ( top layer )
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You have the bottom layer plus 1 through 7
so, there are 8 layers