"A motorist wants to determine her gas mileage. At 23,352 miles (on the odometer) the tank is filled. At 23,695 miles the tank is filled again with 14 gal- lons. How many miles per gallon did the car average between the two fillings?"

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at least i think its

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we can analyze the pattern at which the terms increase. let us denote , , , so that we can call

note the following:

the pattern: to get the next term value, we just add the next term number (e.g. 1st, 2nd, to the previous term value (term values are the given numbers in the question, 1, 3, 6, 10, 15,

from , to get to , we add

from , to get to , we add

etc.

we need to form a recursive formula, a formula that has the next term as a function of the previous term. so a possible recursive formula can be

, and for

part a: 1.08

part b: 27.59

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