Okay guys, here is a challenge I have from 8th grade accelerated Alegebra. It's about functions. The whole class was puzzled with it. We need to find the rule of the function.
x | y
in | out
0 | 0 (pattern: + 1 = next y)
1 | 1 (+ 2 = next y)
2 | 3 (+ 3 = next y)
3 | 6 (+ 4 = next y)
4 | 10 (+ 5 = next y)
EDIT: A pattern in this function is that the next y will always equal the previous y + num++ (as in, the value of the number you are adding to y will increase by 1 each time, of course it starts at 1. I added it to the table above). So obviously you can figure out the value of y, but we need the rule of the function, and you can't say prev y + num++, not in real life at least
).I used a picture of bowling pins in my head, (triangles) each time you added another row and the number of pins you added also increased by 1 each time.
Now, seeing as this isn't programming, and my programming mind is thinking to put y in an array so I could access them like y[0], y[1], etc. I am having a hard time figuring it out. It is our only homework, and two of my friends that have the same class in another hour came up to me and said:
"We asked Mr. Maus if he thought Eddie Ringle could do it, and he said: '"Maybe, because he's kind of quiet."'."
So if you need anymore information let me know.
Thank you.
