Luis deposited $500 into his savings account with a simple interest rate of 3%. He wants to keep his deposit in the bank until he earns $120 in interest. For how many years does Luis need to keep his deposit in the bank?

, 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

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step-by-step explanation:

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