if the numbers are 1,4,10,20,35What is the tetrahedral number for the 5th layer?
take a look at Pascal's Triangle:
1...1
1...2...1
1...3...3...1
1...4...6...4...1
1...5..10..10...5...1
1...6..15..20..15...6...1
1...7..21..35..35..21...7...1
1...8..28..56..70..56..28...8...1
You see how your tetrahedal numbers are in the fourth column? Just follow it down to whatever you mean by ';5th layer.'; These numbers can be computed directly as nC3 on a TI-83.
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