What explicit function can be used to find the next term in the sequence?
Question 3
3.
Consider the sequence 2, 6, 12, 20, 30…
What is the 40th term of the sequence?
Question 4
4.
Consider the sequence 2, 8, 18, 32, 50…
What explicit function can be used to find the next term in the sequence?
Question 5
5.
Consider the sequence 2, 8, 18, 32, 50…
What is the 40th term of the sequence?
If you are done you can try this activity to practice graphing quadratic functions and understanding transformations. Some of it includes stretches and compressions which we did not learn so don't worry if you don't understand everything.