5. margaret is making fudge for a
party. the recipe calls for
| 1 1/4 cups of sugar and 1 1/4cups of
chocolate chips. how many cups
of sugar and chocolate chips does
margaret need to make the
fudge?

yes

step-by-step explanation:

they are simplified

step-by-step explanation:

, 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

the answer is 62.8 cubic units