In 2013 the most expensive cocktail (made with 1858 ‘Cuvee Leonie’ cognac) was sold in Australia for $12,000. What would have been the equivalent price just one year later, in 2014? Round your answer to the nearest penny.

the answer is d on edge

step-by-step explanation:

, 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

it would rotate about 180 degrees.