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Domino towers
This task is about completing a pattern and writing a rule to describe the pattern.
Courtney built towers of different heights out of dominoes.
The 1-storey-high tower used 3 dominoes.
The 2-storey-high tower used 8 dominoes.
The 3-storey-high tower used 15 dominoes.
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a) Complete this table.
a) Complete this table.
Storeys High (
s
)
1
2
3
4
5
6
Number of Dominoes (
n
)
3
8
15
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b) Write an equation describing the number of dominoes, '
n
', needed to build a tower '
s
' storeys high.
b) Write an equation describing the number of dominoes, '
n
', needed to build a tower '
s
' storeys high.
n
=
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c) How many dominoes does Courtney need to build a tower 98 storeys high?