HELP PLEAES I NEED IT NOW Square tiles (12 inches by 12 inches) are used to cover a rectangular countertop containing 40 square feet. How many tiles are needed to cover the countertop?

40 square feet tiles.

Step-by-step explanation:

It may help to have a visual. Anyways, if the countertop contains 40 square feet, that means the area is 40 square feet. Keep in mind that 12 inches = 1 foot. So if we have 1 foot squared tiles and we need to find how many tiles it takes to cover the countertop, we use division. 40 square feet ÷ 1 square feet tiles = 40 square feet tiles.

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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,

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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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