SOLUTION: we have to arrange chairs for the audience a in the first row we can place 20 chairs in the next 22 chairs 2 chairs can be added to each row than the previous one we have to arrang

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Question 933569: we have to arrange chairs for the audience a in the first row we can place 20 chairs in the next 22 chairs 2 chairs can be added to each row than the previous one we have to arrange 50 so how many chairs are needed WE HAVE TO USE AP FORMULA
(arithmetic progression)
so how many chairs will be in the 25th row?
with thousand how many perfect rows can you make?
how many chairs will be in the last row?
what are the difference in the number of chairs for arranging 25 rows and 50 rows?
in which row 50 chairs will exist?
will you be able to make perfect rows with thousand chairs? if not how many chairs are needed to make the row perfect?
if you need to make 2 more rows how more chairs are needed?

Answer by MathLover1(20849) About Me  (Show Source):
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# of chairs in rows: 20, 22,24,26,28,30,32,34,36,38,40,42,44,46,48,50
difference d=2
a%5B1%5D=20
a%5Bn%5D+=+a%5B1%5D+%2B+%28n-1%29d


a.
how many chairs will be in the 25th row?
a%5B25+%5D=+20+%2B+%2825-1%292
+a%5B25+%5D=20%2B50-2
a%5B25+%5D=68...chairs will be in the 25th row
b.
with 1000 chairs how many perfect rows can you make

1000=+20+%2B+%28n-1%292
1000-20+=+%28n-1%292
980+=+%28n-1%292
980+%2F2=+%28n-1%29
490=+n+-1
491=+n .....# of rows you can make, since 491 is NOT a perfect number,
the only perfect numbers between 1 and 1000 are 6, 28, 496; since 496%3E491 , with 1000 chairs you can make only two perfect rows which are rows 6 and28
c.
how many chairs will be in the last row?
the last row is a%5Bn%5D:
a%5Bn+%5D=+20+%2B+%28n-1%292 ...# chairs in the last row
d.

what are the difference in the number of chairs for arranging 25 rows and 50 rows?
a%5B25+%5D=68...chairs will be in the 25th row
a%5B50+%5D=+20+%2B+%2850-1%292
a%5B50+%5D=+20+%2B+%2849%292
a%5B50+%5D=+20+%2B+98
a%5B50+%5D=+118
the difference in the number of chairs for arranging 25 rows and 50 rows is 118-68=50
or, since the difference in the number of chairs for arranging between two rows is 2 chairs, then
between 25 rows and 50 will be 25%2A2=50
e.
in which row 50 chairs will exist?
50+=+20+%2B+%28n-1%292
50+-+20+=+%28n-1%292
30%2F2+=+%28n-1%29
15%2B1=+n
n=16 .....row in which 50 chairs will exist
f.
will you be able to make perfect rows with thousand chairs? if not how many chairs are needed to make the row perfect?
from c. we know that
a%5B491+%5D=1000+ and 491 is not perfect row because 491 is NOT a perfect number
first perfect number is n=496(see b.); so we need 5more rows or 10 more chairs

a%5B496%5D=+20+%2B+%28496-1%292
a%5B496%5D=20+%2B%28495%292
a%5B496+%5D-100=20%2B990
a%5B496+%5D=1010

g.
if you need to add 2 more rows you will have 498 rows
as given,for each additional row you need 2 more chair; so, to make 2 more rows you will need 4 more chairs to row 496 which is 1010; so, we will have 1014 chairs in row # 498
check:
1014=+20+%2B+%28n-1%292
1014=+20+%2B+%28n-1%292
1014-20+=2n-2+
994%2B2=2n
996=2n
996%2F2=n
n=498...so, we got a row number 498