The first row in an auditorium has 20 seats and each subsequent row has 3 seats more…

MATHEMATICS · Subjective · A Level · Mathematics · Sequences and series · Sequences and series

Problem

The first row in an auditorium has 20 seats and each subsequent row has 3 seats more than the preceding one. If the auditorium contains 553 seats in all, determine the number of rows.

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