How to solve these, i feel like my teacher did not really cover these in class and i am having some trouble

Find the pattern and use it to list the nth term in the sequence. 6, 12, 20, 30, 42, 56, the nth term of the sequence is

Since opening night, attendance at play a has increased steadily, while attendance at play b first rose and then fell. equations modeling the daily attendance y at each play are shown below, where x is the number of days since opening night. on what day(s) was the attendance the same at both plays? what was the attendance? play a: y = 8x + 191 play b: y = -x^2 + 26x + 126

Josh has a rewards card for a movie theater he receives 15 points for becoming a rewards card holder he earns 3.5 points for each visit to the movie theater he needs at least 55 points to earn a free movie ticket which inequality can josh use to determine x, the minimum number of visits he needs to earn his first free movie ticket.