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Some identical balls are arranged in rows to form an equilateral triangle. The first row consists of one ball, the second row consists of two balls and so on. If $99$ more identical balls are added to the total number of balls used in forming the equilateral triangle, then all these balls can be arranged in a square whose each side contains exactly $2$ balls less than the number of balls each side of the triangle contains. Then the number of balls used to form the equilateral triangle is

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$\frac{{n\left( {n + 1} \right)}}{2} + 99 = {\left( {n - 2} \right)^2}$

$ \Rightarrow {n^2} + n + 198 = 2{n^2} - 8n + 8$

$ \Rightarrow {n^2} - 9n - 190 = 0$

$ \Rightarrow \left( {n - 19} \right)\left( {n + 10} \right) = 0$

$ \Rightarrow n = 19$

$\therefore \,$ Number of ball is $\frac{{19 \times 20}}{2} = 190$

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