Calculus: Early Transcendentals
Calculus: Early Transcendentals
8th Edition
ISBN: 9781285741550
Author: James Stewart
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Please answer my practice question with the most detail as possible. Thank you!
A Triangular number counts the objects that
form an equilateral triangle. The nth triangular
number is the number of dots in a triangle with
n dots on a side. Find the general term an that
1
6
10
represents the number of dots in the nth
triangle.
(Hint: The pattern is one that we have seen somewhere in the course already)
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Transcribed Image Text:A Triangular number counts the objects that form an equilateral triangle. The nth triangular number is the number of dots in a triangle with n dots on a side. Find the general term an that 1 6 10 represents the number of dots in the nth triangle. (Hint: The pattern is one that we have seen somewhere in the course already)
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