To identify: The rule that gives the total number of squares in the
The given options are:
Option
Given information:
The given figure is shown below:
Explanation:
Consider the given figure:
From the figure it can be seen that the first term is 1 as there is only 1 square, the second term is 3 as there are 3 squares. Similarly the third term is 6 and the fourth term is 10.
The first term can be written as
Similarly, the
Therefore, the rule for the sequence should be
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