Question

Graham is folding a piece of paper to make an origami figure. Each time he folds the paper, the thickness of the paper is doubled. The paper starts out flat, with a thickness of 3 millimeters.
A. Write a list of six ordered pairs showing the output as the thickness of the paper when the input is the number of times it is folded. Explain how you came up with your ordered pairs.
B. Is this relation a function? Explain why or why not using the ordered pairs you came up with in Part A.

Answer 1

@zepdrix

Answer 2

@triciaal @radar

Answer 3

@AloneS @Awolflover1 @snopet @Conqueror @eliesaab @jhonyy9 @Poison_Princess1

Answer 4

(1,3)
(2,6)
(3,12)
Can you continue?

Answer 5

(4,?)

Answer 6

4,18

Answer 7

what is the double of 12

Answer 8

24

Answer 9

(4,24)
(5,?)

Answer 10

36

Answer 11

What is the double of 24?

Answer 12

48

Answer 13

each time you double the y of the one before

Answer 14

(5,48)
(6,?)

Answer 15

96

Answer 16

Excellent

Answer 17

is this for A or b?

Answer 18

In general we have
\[
(n,3* 2^{n-1})

\]

Answer 19

The last post is for b

Answer 20

a)
(1,3)
(2,6)
(3,12)
(4,24)
(5,48)
(6,96)

Answer 21

Can u help me with one more question

Answer 22

it is a function because for each n=1,2,34, ... has only one output. In fact, here we can write a formula for that output
\[
(n, 3*2^{n-1})
\]

Answer 23

Yes, Post it and tag me