A theater has $n$ rows of seats and the number of seats in each row is 3 less than the number of rows. Which of the following represents the total number of seats in the theater? $n + (n - 3)$ $n^2 - 3$ $n(n - 3)$ $n(3 - n)$ $n^2 + 3$
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