Arithmetic sequences

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Level: 
C
At a dorm, students play with rolls of toilet paper, building a pyramid of it. There is one roll at the top of the pyramid, in each lower row there is one roll more than in the one above it. How high will the pyramid be, given the fact that they have a total of $171$ rolls and one roll is $9.5\,\mathrm{cm}$ high?
$171\,\mathrm{cm}$
$2\,\mathrm{m}$
$180\,\mathrm{cm}$
$95\,\mathrm{cm}$
$123.5\,\mathrm{cm}$

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Level: 
C
A heavy smoker decides to reduce his daily consumption by $2$ cigarettes for $30$ days from the beginning of the next year. Then reduces his consumption again by $2$ cigarettes per day every $30$ days. How much will he save in $360$ days, given that one box of cigarettes ($20$ cigarettes) costs $80\ \mathrm{CZK}$?
$18\,720\ \mathrm{CZK}$
$624\ \mathrm{CZK}$
$4\,680\ \mathrm{CZK}$
$12\,480\ \mathrm{CZK}$
$6\,240\ \mathrm{CZK}$