Suppose your work at a bowling alley. after work one day, you decide to line up bowling pins in a triangualar pattern with one pin in the first row, 2 pins in the second, three pins in the third and so on. a. how many total pins would you need in order to complete four rows? b. how many total pins would you need in order to complete ten rows? apply Polya's four step strategy

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Suppose your work at a bowling alley. after work one day, you decide to line up bowling pins in a triangualar pattern with one pin in the first row, 2 pins in the second, three pins in the third and so on.

a. how many total pins would you need in order to complete four rows?

b. how many total pins would you need in order to complete ten rows?

apply Polya's four step strategy

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