The diagram below represents the first three terms of a sequence. assuming the pattern continues, which formula determines an, the number of squares in the nth term ?

We will count number of squares

first term is 4

so,

second term is 7

so,

third term is 10

so,

We can see that this sequence is in arithematic sequence

we can use nth term formula

where

an is nth terms

a1 is first term

d is common difference

n is total number of terms

now, we can plug values

and we get

.................Answer

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step-by-step explanation:

find the magnitude of the trig term  

csc

(

x

)

−

1

by taking the absolute value of the coefficient.

1

find the lower bound of the range.

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y

=

−

2

find the upper bound of the range.

tap for more

y

=

0

the range is  

y

≤

−

2

or  

y

≥

0

.

(

−

∞

,

−

2

]

∪

[

0

,

∞

)

{

y

|

y

≤

−

2

,

y

≥

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}

step-by-step explanation: