Question

Here is a pattern of squares:

Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Write an equation to represent the relationship between the step number and the
number of squares in the pattern.
Briefly describe how each part of the equation relates to the pattern.

Answer 1

Answer:Your answer is...

Explanation:

y = n^2 +n

Answer 2

9514 1404 393

Answer:

• y = n^2 +n
• upper left corresponds to n^2; lower right corresponds to n

Explanation:

The number of squares in the upper left portion of the figure is the number in a square n on a side, so is n^2. The number of squares in the lower right portion of the figure is equal to the step number, n. A suitable equation adds these numbers together.

y = n^2 +n . . . . where y is the number of squares in the pattern of Step n.