document.write( "Question 166155: How to derive Nth term of the following series?\r
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document.write( "1,3,6,10,15,21.........upto n terms 25!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #122459 by Fombitz(32388)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Look at the difference between terms, \n" ); document.write( "1,3=2 \n" ); document.write( "3,6=3 \n" ); document.write( "6,10=4 \n" ); document.write( "10,15=5 \n" ); document.write( "15,21=6 \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "First term=1 \n" ); document.write( "Second term=First term +2=1+2 \n" ); document.write( "Third term=Second term+3=1+2+3 \n" ); document.write( "Fourth term=Third term+4=1+2+3+4 \n" ); document.write( "Starting to see a pattern here... \n" ); document.write( "Nth term=(N-1)term+N=1+2+3+...+(N-1)+N \n" ); document.write( "Look like the terms follow, \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |