SOLUTION: a stack of logs has 52 logs on the bottom layer. each subsequent layer has 10 fewer logs than the previous layer. if the top layer has two logs, how many total logs are there in th

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Question 982442: a stack of logs has 52 logs on the bottom layer. each subsequent layer has 10 fewer logs than the previous layer. if the top layer has two logs, how many total logs are there in the pile?
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Answer by ameanes(4) About Me  (Show Source):
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52+42+32+22+12+2 = 162

Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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This is just an arithmetic problem.

52 + 42 + ... + 12 + 2 = ?

You have to include the terms I left out.

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it