It is rare to prove a hypothesis as incorrect through experimentation. Please select the best answer from the choices provided T F

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Step-by-step explanation:

A hypothesis is usually proven incorrect when it fails to explain an observation. The offered statement is False. Experimentation is the most common way a hypothesis is proven incorrect.

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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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