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At the beginning of a program, the 105 members of a marching band stand in a rectangular formation named Formation AA. All of the band members then move into Formation BB, which is a different rectangular formation with six more rows, but with two fewer band members per row. How many rows are in Formation AA?
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At the beginning of a program, the 105 members of a marching band stand in a rectangular formation named Formation A. All of the band members then move into Formation B, which is a different rectangular formation with six more rows, but with two fewer band members per row. How many rows are in Formation A?
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At the beginning of a program, the 105 members of a marching band stand in a rectangular formation named Formation $A$. All of the band members then move into Formation $B$, which is a different rectangular formation with six more rows, but with two fewer band members per row. How many rows are in Formation $A$?

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