A large amphitheater is set up in such a way that there are 16 seats in the first row 27 seats in the second row 38 seats in the third and so on. Each subsequent row has 11 more seats than the previous row. The last row has 876 seats . How many rows are there in the theater? How many seats are there in the theater?

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A large amphitheater is set up in such a way that there are 16 seats in the first row 27 seats in the second row 38 seats in the third and so on. Each subsequent row has 11 more seats than the previous row. The last row has 876 seats . How many rows are there in the theater? How many seats are there in the theater?
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