document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=607507>Question 607507</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Model the following sequence of toothpick figures, Rectangles with Pluses, with toothpicks <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Step One: Loop and number each figure and Numerically determine the total number of <BR>\n" );
document.write( "toothpicks in each figure. Mark your number counts on the figures. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Step Two: Convert your looping ideas into Words. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Step Three: Convert your looping and word ideas into Symbols. Simplify your symbolic <BR>\n" );
document.write( "equations and check them for n = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "RECTANGLES WITH PLUSES <BR>\n" );
document.write( "fIGURE ONE: I _ _ I fIGURE TWO: I _ _ I_+_I (TWO DASHES ON TOP OF PLUS SIGN TO MAKE TWO SQUARES) fIGURE 3: I _ _ I_+_I__ _I (ALSO TWO DASHES ON TOP OF PLUS SIGN TO MAKE TWO SQAURES)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b. How many toothpicks will there be in the 99th Rectangles with Pluses figure?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c. How many toothpicks will there be in the 100th Rectangles with Pluses figure? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "d. How many toothpicks will there be in the 101st Rectangles with Pluses figure? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "e. For which Rectangles with Pluses figure are there 124 toothpicks? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "f. For which Rectangles with Pluses figure are there 171 toothpicks? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "g. For which Rectangles with Pluses figure are there 1009 toothpicks? </SPAN>\n" );
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