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4-21.

Two of the connections in your representations web are pattern → table and pattern → rule. Practice these connections as you answer the questions below.  

  1. On graph paper, draw Figure 0 and Figure 4 for the pattern below.

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    Figure 1

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    Figure 2

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    Figure 3

    What is the growth between the number of tiles in each figure?

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  1. Represent the number of tiles in each figure with a table.

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  2. Represent the number of tiles in each figure with an algebraic rule.

    What is the growth between the number of tiles in each figure?

    What is the starting amount?