Mrs. Baker teaches piano. She set a goal for Jason, one of her students who doesn’t like to practice. He was to practice 5 minutes the first night, 10 minutes the second night, 15 minutes the third night and so on until he had practiced for a total of three hours. How many nights will it take Jason to reach his goal?

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Mrs. Baker teaches piano. She set a goal for Jason, one of her students who doesn’t like to practice. He was to practice 5 minutes the first night, 10 minutes the second night, 15 minutes the third night and so on until he had practiced for a total of three hours. How many nights will it take Jason to reach his goal?