Polygon ABCDE is the first in a pattern for a high school art project. The polygon is transformed so that the image of A' is at (−4, 2) and the image of D' is at (−2, 1). Which transformation can be used to show that ABCDE and its image are congruent? Rotate ABCDE 90° counterclockwise.
Translate ABCDE left 4 units and down 2 units.
Reflect ABCDE over the y-axis.
Rotate ABCDE 90° clockwise.

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step-by-step explanation:

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

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