You look behind the stove and discover a slice of bread that you miss placed several weeks ago. Needless to say, it is covered with mold. Since the mold started growing, the area it has covered doubled each day. By the end of the eighth day, the entire surface of the bread is covered. When was the bread half covered with mold?

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step-by-step explanation:

we can analyze the pattern at which the terms increase. let us denote , , , so that we can call

note the following:

the pattern: to get the next term value, we just add the next term number (e.g. 1st, 2nd, to the previous term value (term values are the given numbers in the question, 1, 3, 6, 10, 15,

from , to get to , we add

from , to get to , we add

etc.

we need to form a recursive formula, a formula that has the next term as a function of the previous term. so a possible recursive formula can be

, and for

if farmer matt works for 8 hours a day, how many days will it take him to completely plant 12 rows of crops? each batch of cookies needs 3/4 cups of sugar.

step-by-step explanation: