13. eli earns $12.50 per hour at his job. last
week he worked 34 hours. how much
did he earn last week?

$425

Step-by-step explanation:

$12.50 per hour.

Eli worked for 34.

$12.50 × 34 = $425

answer: -8.2562234e+13

, and

for

step-by-step explanation:

we can analyze the pattern at which the terms increase. let us denote , , , so that we can call

note the following:

the pattern: to get the next term value, we just add the next term number (e.g. 1st, 2nd, to the previous term value (term values are the given numbers in the question, 1, 3, 6, 10, 15,

from , to get to , we add

from , to get to , we add

etc.

we need to form a recursive formula, a formula that has the next term as a function of the previous term. so a possible recursive formula can be

, and for