A farmer undertakes to pay off a debt of...

A farmer undertakes to pay off a debt of Rs. 2700 by monthly instalments. He pays Rs. 200 as the first instalment and increases every subsequent instalment by Rs. 25 over the immediate previous instalments. In how many instalments his debt will be cleared up ?

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