Halle has 36 feathers, 48 acorns, and 60 agates. She wants to put all of these items into bowls with the same number of feathers, acorns, and agates in each bowl and none left out. What is the maximum number of bowls she can put the items into?​

48-36 =12

60-48=12

36/12 =3

48/12=4

60/12=5

the maximum number of bowls is 12

Step-by-step explanation:

, and

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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