Jayne bought between 2 and 3 pounds of granola. If the amount of granola she bought was closer to 2 pounds, what is a possible mixed number that could represent the amount she bought?

2 1/4 pound of granola.

Step-by-step explanation:

Imagine a dollar. There's always 4 quarters in a dollar. One is 25 cents of 1/4 of a dollar. Two quarters is 50 cents of 1/2 of a dollar. Three quarters is 75 cents or 3/4 of a dollar and 4 quarters is a whole dollar.

ab will be equal to

, and

for

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

, and for