document.write( "Question 1135396: Hi:
\n" ); document.write( "My math problem is this: Latisha invited 50 of her closest friends to her birthday, but they decided that 50 presents was too many. Instead, they got 50 boxes and numbered them from 1-50, with presents in only some boxes. When it was time to open gifts, Latisha had to follow certain instructions:
\n" ); document.write( "To open every box
\n" ); document.write( "Then she had to start with box #2 and close #2, #4, #6, etc. going down the line
\n" ); document.write( "Starting with box #3, she was to change every third box, so if it was open she closed it and if it was closed she opened it.
\n" ); document.write( "Starting with #4, she had to change every 4th box
\n" ); document.write( "Starting with #5, she had to change every 5th box.
\n" ); document.write( "She was to go through the line fifty times continuing the pattern.
\n" ); document.write( "The open boxes left a pattern, and she had to search those boxes to find it.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Task 1: Which boxes contained gifts? Describe the pattern Latisha found. \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The boxes that were open were 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, and 49. The pattern is that the numbers are perfect squares, so 1^2 is 1, 2^ 2 is 4, 3^2 is 9, 4^2 is 16,
\n" ); document.write( "5^2 is 25, 6^2 is 36, and 7^2 is 49.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Task two: Explain why you thin this pattern occurred? I don't know how this occured, would it be possible for you to assist me with it? Thank you!
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No. that's too much.
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