Sandra plans to fill a corner of her yard with decorative stones. Each row has four more stones than the prior row.

Part 1: If there were five stones in the first row, how many stones were used to fill all 44 rows?

Part 2: Using complete sentences, explain the procedure taken to answer this question.

Question

Sandra plans to fill a corner of her yard with decorative stones. Each row has four more stones than the prior row. 

Part 1: If there were five stones in the first row, how many stones were used to fill all 44 rows? 

Part 2: Using complete sentences, explain the procedure taken to answer this question.

anonymous · Answer

u can see its an arithmetic series with a = 5, d = 4

anonymous · Answer

u need to find the sum upto 44 terms