Rita and Chris are making patterns out of tiles. The first 4 figures in each of their patterns is shown. Continuing these patterns, is there a figure for which the number of tiles in Rita's figure will be the same
as the number of tiles in Chris's figure? If so, what is the figure number, and how many tiles will be in each
figure? Complete the explanation.
Rita's Pattern
Chris's Pattern
y =
Rita's
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Chris's .This system of
equations has the solution
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