Question

Alright, here's one for Algebra:

Answer 1

Let x= number rows
Then x + 5 = number of seats per row

x(x+5) = 126
X^2 + 5x = 126
x^2 + 5x -126 = 0; now factor or use quadratic:
(x+14)(x-9) = 0; so the answers are either -14, or 9, and since -14 is not possible in this case because you can't have a negative number of rows, the answer is 9 rows.

Check work: number of rows = 9, number of seats per row = 9+ 5= 14, and 9 x 14 = 126