Question

Help please! Will give brainly! How are these patterns similar? How are they different? How are the number of dots in each pattern changing? How would you find the number of dots in the 5th step in each pattern?

Answer 1

These patterns are similar because in both the number of dots are increasing. they are different because the pattern in the first one is adding 2 each step, while in the second one you are taking the starting amount, multiplying it by 2 then adding 1. to find the number of dots for step 5 you would add 2 in the first pattern, in the second pattern multiply by 2 add 1.