Answer:
a. 2,112
b. 64
Explanation:
a. Using the explanation in B, let's find every term and add them.
Work:
96, 94, 92, 90, 88, 86, 84, 82, 80, 78, 76, 74, 72, 70, 68, 66, 64, 62, 60, 58, 56, 54, 52, 50, 48, 46, 44, 42, 40, 38, 36, 34, 32.
32 is the 34th term, the last row.
Add:
2,112 books is your answer.
b.The following is a sequence, meaning that there's a repeated change for every number.
This change is: -2
We're asked to find the 17th term.
Work:
96, 94, 92, 90, 88, 86, 84, 82, 80, 78, 76, 74, 72, 70, 68, 66, 64.
64 is the amount of books on the 17th row.
*64 is the 17th term.