Row 15 has 41 seats, and the entire section has 493 seats.
We can write the explicit formula for an arithmetic sequence to represent this, since we add 2 each time:
13+2(n-1)
Using 15 for n,
13+2(15-1) = 13+2(14) = 13+28 = 41
To find the total number of seats, we evaluate the sum
Using technology to evaluate this sum, it is 493.
We can write the explicit formula for an arithmetic sequence to represent this, since we add 2 each time:
13+2(n-1)
Using 15 for n,
13+2(15-1) = 13+2(14) = 13+28 = 41
To find the total number of seats, we evaluate the sum
Using technology to evaluate this sum, it is 493.