A collection of books is set up into 34 rows. The first row has 96 books, and each row after that one has 2 less books than the preceding row. (a) How many total books are there in the structure and (b) how many books are in the 17th row?
A collection of books is set up into 34 rows. The first row has 96 books, and each row after that one has 2 less books than the preceding row. (a) How many total books are there in the structure and (b) how many books are in the 17th row?
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Transcribed Image Text:A collection of books is set up into 34 rows. The first row has 96 books, and each row after that one has 2
less books than the preceding row. (a) How many total books are there in the structure and (b) how many
books are in the 17th row?
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