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Two patterns are given.
3, 6, 9, 12, …
11, 21, 31, …
Terms in the patterns are called ‘matching’ if they are both in the 1st position
or both in the 3rd, position or both in the 27th position; in other words, they
are at the same spot in the pattern.
Draw a picture that shows that every term in the pattern 11, 21, 31 is 1 more
than 3
1
3
of the matching term in pattern 1. Explain how your picture shows this.
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