SOLUTION: ron was doodling in his notebook and noticed the following: 3 segments can be drawn between 3 points, 6 segments can be drawn between 4 points, and 10 segments can be drawn between

Question 256439: ron was doodling in his notebook and noticed the following: 3 segments can be drawn between 3 points, 6 segments can be drawn between 4 points, and 10 segments can be drawn between 5 points.
a. find an equation giving the number of segments "y" as a function of the number of points "x".
b. according o this formula howmany segments can be drawn between 70 points.
c. how many points are needed to draw 45 segments between them.
Answer by drk(1908) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Here the pattern is 1,3,6,10, . . .
The formula is

where x is the number of points
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If x = 70, then
= 2485 segments
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x = 9, x+1 = 10.
We need 9 points for 45 segments
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