Here is the 4-square train made with 13 toothpicks.Notice that after the first toothpick, the green one below, You place 3 more (red) toothpicks to form the first square. Then you place 3 more red toothpicks to form the second square, So after the first (green) toothpick, no matter how many squares you have made, it always takes 3 more (red) toothpicks to make the next square So the sum is toothpicks If we have made n squares, we have added 3 a total of n times, so Subtract 1 from both sides: Divide by 3: So we have mnade 133 squares, choice c. Edwin