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Pattern 1 has 12 tiles, pattern 2 has 18, and pattern 3 has 30. What's the rule for the pattern?

 Mar 16, 2020
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Hey! 

I'll first convert hese to co-ordinates: (1,12), (2,18), (3,30)

If you look at the pattern carefully you can see that you add 6 more to each y co-ordinate each time... the first time you add 6, the second time you add 12... and I imagine it continues like this!

 Mar 16, 2020
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Yeah, I saw that too! What I don't understand is how to write an equation in standard format for it..? All I could come up with for it was an equation based off of previous answers and it wasn't a y = mx + b equation, it was an equation for a sequence(?)...

Guest Mar 17, 2020
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I'm sorry, I can't find one... maybe someone else can?

Guest Mar 17, 2020
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I looked at desmos and I don't think that there is a standard format linear equation modeled by these points. Maybe they want an exponential function?

DeSTrOYer303  Mar 17, 2020
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Ah, yeah, my friend just helped me figure it out right now! It's a quadratic equation/parabola and I just watched a video to finish it. The equation is y = 3x^2 - 3x + 12 if you were wondering. ^^

Guest Mar 17, 2020
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Where did the pic go?

 Mar 17, 2020
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Pic...? I never posted a pic??

Guest Mar 17, 2020
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Sorry, I had it confused with a different question.

Melody  Mar 17, 2020
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 Mar 17, 2020
edited by Melody  Mar 17, 2020

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