Homework Help: math

Posted by margret on Thursday, August 30, 2012 at 10:05pm.

A collection of dimes is arranged in a triangular array with 14 coins in the base row, 13 in the next, 12 in the next, and so forth. Find the value of the collection.

math - Reiny, Thursday, August 30, 2012 at 10:21pm
number of dimes
= 1+2+3+...+13+14
= 7(1+14) = 105

value = 105(.10) = $10.50

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