Sequences: See the following attached image, where you can see sets of circles, which follow a certain pattern:
Number of circles in next row 6: 21 circles, and row 7: 28 circles

1) Determine the number of circles in the nth pile (general term)

2) What is the number of circles when n tends to infinity?

The sequence is

Each term is the sum of the consecutive numbers from 1 to that number.

The nth term is the sum of the first n numbers:

1) The number of circles in the nth pile is n(n + 1)/2

2) When n tends to infinity the number of circles tends to infinity

infinitely many solutions

step-by-step explanation:

we have been given the equation;

2(2x + 3) = -4 + 2(2x + 5)

we need to determine the value of x.

2(2x + 3), we expand this expression to obtain 4x + 6

similarly 2(2x + 5) will become 4x + 10

now we have;

4x + 6 = -4 + 4x + 10

4x + 6 = 4x + 10 - 4

4x + 6 = 4x + 6

the expression on the left hand side is identical to the one on the right hand side. therefore, we are looking at just a single straight line whose equation is;

y = 4x + 6

consequently, we shall have infinitely many solutions

1) 2/5

2) zero=0/1

3) zero=0/2

4) -4/5

5) undefined=3/0