An open-air theatre has 25 rows of seats

MATHEMATICS · Multi-part · CBSE · Mathematics · Arithmetic Progressions · Arithmetic Progressions

Problem

An open-air theatre has 25 rows of seats. The first row contains 30 seats and each successive row has exactly 2 more seats than the previous one. Work out the following: (i) How many seats are there in the 25th row? (ii) How many seats are there in the theatre altogether?

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