A theatre has 30 rows of seats arranged in such a way that the number of seats in each row forms an arithmetic progression. The first row contains 18 seats, and each successive row has 3 more seats than the previous row. Due to renovation rules, only those rows whose seat count is divisible by 6 are reserved for premium booking. Find the total number of premium seats in the theatre.
A theatre has 30 rows of seats arranged in such a way that the number of seats in each row forms an arithmetic progression. The first row contains 18 seats, and each successive row has 3 more seats than the previous row. Due to renovation rules, only those rows whose seat count is divisible by 6 are reserved for premium booking. Find the total number of premium seats in the theatre.
Solution
✅ Correct Option: 1
The number of seats in row is .
This is divisible by 6 when is even, so must be odd.
The premium rows are , giving 15 rows. Their seat counts form an arithmetic progression from 18 to 102.
Total premium seats .
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