Question

Help with Algebra! any help is appreciated

Answer 1

have you tried counting?

Answer 2

What is the number below the first box?

Answer 3

1

Answer 4

I know the pattern is 1x1=1 2x2=4 4x4=16 and 5x5=25

Answer 5

Put that in the first rectangle below the word STEP

Answer 6

and 3- 3x3=9

Answer 7

What is the number below the second box?

Answer 8

each step is just squared

Answer 9

What about 3 x 3?

Answer 10

I am having trouble with this second part

Answer 11

So what is the problem?

Answer 12

You can fill in the table and you have discovered that the rule is to square each number

Answer 13

I am having trouble with the second part

Answer 14

Well, you have the points (1,1), (2,4) (3,9) (4,16)
Why don't you graph them?

Answer 15

its just a standard parabola, just put the points on the intersecting x-axis at 1,2,3,4

Answer 16

So that is all I have to do?

Answer 17

then extend it to -1,-2,-3,-4

Answer 18

its just a mirror about the origin

Answer 19

So I graph negatives too?

Answer 20

only if you want a whole parabola and not just half of one in this case

Answer 21

Okay thank you