Homework Help: math

Posted by suzie on Thursday, March 31, 2011 at 11:28am.

What is the connection between the square numbers and triangular numbers
in arrays as shown below with a line drawn to show the array as 3/6?
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array shows 6/10?

math - Reiny, Thursday, March 31, 2011 at 12:23pm
if n is a natural number
then
n^2 generates the square numbers
(n^2 + n)/2 generates the triangular numbers

Does that help?
math - bailey, Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 1:55am
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