A minor league baseball stadium has 160 seats in the front row, and each subsequent row has 15 more seats than the previous row. How many seats are in the stadium if there are 50 rows?
A) 223,125 seats
B) 26,375 seats
C) 910 seats
D) 26,535 seats

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The number of seats in each row forms an arithmetic sequence with the first term as 160 and a common difference of 15. The total number of seats is the sum of the first 50 terms of this sequence, which is calculated as 50/2 * (2*160 + (50-1)*15) = 26,375 seats.

A Minor League Baseball Stadium Has 160 Seats in the Front