4,2,0,-2,-4,-6,-8,-10 because you subtract 2 each time
If one square is divided into 9 smaller equal squares, then they have to be arranged in 3 lines of 3, that is 3 smaller equal squares per side of the original big square. That said, the area of the big square is equal to the multiplication of 3 small squares sides times 3 small squares sides, call x the length of the small squares.
So,
area = 9 = 3x*3x
9x^2 = 9
x^2 = 1
x = 1
therefore the smaller squares have sides of 1 unit
8 1-and-a-half blocks would be 12 blocks, and so 12/17, because 12 blocks in 17 mins., so you divide 12 by 17 to get ---- blocks per minute, which is 12/17 as a fraction, or approx. 0.705882353 blocks per minute.
Y = ln |1 + t - t^3| = (1 - 3t^2)/(1 + t - t^3)
