Answer:
2(n+1)+2
You start with two greens and two columns of two orange squares while adding two orange squares each time. So, the bolded part is the green squares that stay the same. The 2(n+1) represents the two orange columns that increase by one block on each side per image.
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i think this is right
The next step of your proof is to subtract (a/b) from both sides.
Then you get, x = (m/n) - (a/b)
Since rationals are closed over addition, (m/n) + (-a/b) is a rational number.
Therefore, x (an irrational number) = a rational number <em>This is a false statement which is a contradiction. So, the assumption was incorrect.</em>
Thus, the sum of a rational and irrational number is an irrational number. QED
