a boy is building a pyramid out of building blocks. he put 20 blocks in the first row, then he puts 19 blocks in the row above, and so on. find the total number of blocks he needs. find the total number of blocks he need

Scenario: a rectangular plot of ground is 5 meters longer than it is wide. its area is 20,000 square meters. question: what equation will you find the dimensions? note: let w represent the width. options: w(w+5)=20,000 w^2=20,000+5 (w(w+5))/2=20,000 w+2(w+5)=20,000