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Patterns to Symbols: Algebra

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Slide 29 of 35

Snakes

Pattern Number of Red Rings Number of Black Rings Number of Rings
[slide shows image of one red block]
1
0
1
[slide shows image of a black block between two red blocks]
2
1
3
[slide shows image of an alternating sequence of red and black blocks, seven blocks total, beginning with a red block]
4
3
7
[slide shows image of an alternating sequence of red and black blocks, fifteen blocks total, beginning with a red block]
8
7
15
[slide shows image of an alternating sequence of red and black blocks, thirty-one blocks total, beginning with a red block]
16
15
31