Sandra plans to fill a corner of her yard with decorative stones. Each row has six more stones than the prior row. If there were five stones in the first row, how many stones were used to fill all 40 rows? Using complete sentences, explain the procedure taken to answer this question.

okay is it 239 or 180 or none of the above? help please

Question

Sandra plans to fill a corner of her yard with decorative stones. Each row has six more stones than the prior row. If there were five stones in the first row, how many stones were used to fill all 40 rows? Using complete sentences, explain the procedure taken to answer this question.

okay is it 239 or 180 or none of the above? help please

anonymous · Answer

First row: 5
Row's after first: 5 + 6x, where x is the number of rows

anonymous · Answer

so since its 40 i would have 245?