Monique and Jesus studied the pattern and the graph below to see if they could make a table and a rule. Jesus thinks that the rule must be y = 3x + 2 because the figure has 3
tiles on the bottom row and 2 tiles on the corners. Monique does not agree. She says that
the graph shows that Figure 0 has two tiles and that each new figure in the pattern grows
by 1 tile. Her rule is y = 1x + 2. Who is correct?
Number
of Tiles
Figure 3
+2
3 4
Figure
Number
Jesus
Monique