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there are 20 rows of seats on a concert hall: 25 seats are in the 1st row, 27 seats on the 2nd row, 29 seats on the 3 rd row, and so on. if the price per ticket is $32, how much will be the total sales for a one-night concert if all seats are taken?

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Explanation:

To solve this problem, we need to find out how many seats there are in total, and then multiply that by the price per ticket.

To find the total number of seats, we need to add up the number of seats in each row. We can use the formula for an arithmetic sequence to do this:

S = n/2 * (a + l)

where S is the sum of the sequence, n is the number of terms, a is the first term, and l is the last term.

In this case, we have:

n = 20 (since there are 20 rows)

a = 25 (since there are 25 seats in the first row)

d = 2 (since the difference between each row is 2 seats, the common difference is 2)

We can use d to find the last term as well:

l = a + (n-1)*d

l = 25 + (20-1)*2

l = 25 + 38

l = 63

Now we can plug these values into the formula:

S = 20/2 * (25 + 63)

S = 10 * 88

S = 880

So there are 880 seats in total.

To find the total sales, we just need to multiply by the price per ticket:

total sales = 880 * $32

total sales = $28,160

Therefore, the total sales for a one-night concert with all seats taken would be $28,160.

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