The seats at a local baseball stadium are arranged so that each row has five more seats than the row below it. If there are four seats in the first row, how many seats are in row 23?
119
114
115
110
Is the answer 114? The seats at a local baseball stadium are arranged so that each row has five more seats than the row below it. If there are four seats in the first row, how many seats are in row 23?
In this problem you can use the equation 5x-1. You simply plug in for x, which in this case is 23, and solve. 5(23)-1 = 115 -1 =114 Your answer is 114.
