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Here is a sequence of huts made from matches.

Number of huts (n) 1 2 3 4

Number of matches 6 11 16 21

(a) Predict the number of matches needed to make 5 huts.

(b) Describe one pattern observed in your own words.

(c) Determine a general rule for the total number of matches in huts.

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d) Test your general rule by using two examples from the given table.

e) Verify your general rule by giving another two examples obtained from extending the
pattern.

e) Determine the total number of matches given that the number of huts is 20.
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(e) Determine the total number of matches given that the number of huts is 20.

(f) Determine if it is possible for the diagram to have a figure with 906 matches.

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