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Find the pattern and use it to list the nth term in the sequence. 6, 12, 20, 30, 42, 56, the nth term of the sequence is

When the solutions to each of the two equations below are graphed in the xy-coordinate plane, the graphs of the solutions intersect at two places. write the y-cordninates of the points of intersection in the boxes below in order from smallest to largest. y=2x y=x^2-3

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