Calculate the nth triangular number. A triangular number counts the objects that can form an equilateral triangle. The nth triangular number is the number of dots composing a triangle with n dots on a side, and is equal to the sum of the n natural numbers from 1 to n.

The number of chocolate chips in an 18-ounce bag of chocolate chip cookies is approximately normally distributed with a mean of 1252 chips and standard deviation 129 chips. (a) what is the probability that a randomly selected bag contains between 1100 and 1500 chocolate chips, inclusive? (b) what is the probability that a randomly selected bag contains fewer than 1125 chocolate chips? (c) what proportion of bags contains more than 1225 chocolate chips? (d) what is the percentile rank of a bag that contains 1425 chocolate chips?

[15 points]find the least common multiple of the expressions: 1. 3x^2, 6x - 18 2. 5x, 5x(x +2) 3. x^2 - 9, x + 3 4. x^2 - 3x - 10, x + 2 explain if possible

The distance of a chord from the centre of a circle is 12cm and the lenght of the chord is 10cm. find the radius of the circle