The sum of 139 and the product of a number raised to the third power and 17. In symbols, the phrase is written as.

y = 139 + x³ + 17

Step-by-step explanation:

The word "sum" means the amount resulting from addition in an equation. This means that we are adding all of these numbers together.

The word "product" means the amount resulting from multiplication in an equation, this means we need to find the product of a number multiplied by itself three times. Since we don't know what number it is, we can use the variable 'x'.

So, you would be adding 139, the product of x³, and 17, which would be written as y = 139 + x³ + 17.

a - base

b - exponent

so,

, 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