SOLUTION: Mr. Barnes writes the pattern for his math class on the board. 0, 2, 8, 18, 32, ... The class determines that each term of the pattern is twice a perfect square. Therefor

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Question 929766:
Mr. Barnes writes the pattern for his math class on the board.
0, 2, 8, 18, 32, ...
The class determines that each term of the pattern is twice a perfect square. Therefore, each term of the pattern is 2(n – 1)2, where n represents the term number.


Which term is equal to 800?

Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
800=2%28n-1%29%5E2 and you just solve for n.


n=21