document.write( "Question 1067945: make a conjecture about the number of squares in the nth sketch:
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your conjecture is correct, but that doesn't tell you how many squares are in the nth sketch.\r
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document.write( "sketch number        number of squares           formula\r\n" );
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document.write( "1                   3                            2 * 1 + 1\r\n" );
document.write( "2                   5                            2 * 2 + 1\r\n" );
document.write( "3                   7                            2 * 3 + 1\r\n" );
document.write( "4                   9                            2 * 4 + 1\r\n" );
document.write( "5                   11                           2 * 5 + 1\r\n" );
document.write( "6                   13                           2 * 6 + 1\r\n" );
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document.write( "n                   2 * n + 1\r\n" );
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