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In a festival decoration the first gate has (60) lights and each next gate has (15) more lights. How many lights are there on (8) gates?

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Correct answer: (900)

The correct answer is A. The numbers of lights are an arithmetic progression with first term \\(a=60\\), common difference \\(d=15\\), and \\(n=8\\) gates. Apply \\(S_n=\frac{n}{2}[2a+(n-1)d]\\): \\(S_8=\frac{8}{2}[2(60)+7(15)] =4(120+105)=4\times225=900\\). Therefore option A is correct. The actual terms are 60, 75, 90, 105, 120, 135, 150 and 165; their total is 900. Option B, 930, is too large and may result from adding one extra increase. Option C, 960, is still larger and does not represent the eight terms. Option D, 990, is larger again and may come from treating the number of gaps incorrectly. Remember that eight gates mean eight terms and seven increases after the first gate. Memory cue: for n objects, the last term uses \\(n-1\\) increases.

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