Examine the diagram on the right and explain how it illustrates the value of n^+n/2

the key is to write as which can be easily seen as an area of a rectangle with one side length n and the other (n+1). That explains the rectangle made of dots - 3 x 4

Now you only have half of them because of the 1/2. So that explains the lower "triangle" of dots being greyed out - they do not count in  the area (upper triangle). So the count of the dark dots corresponds to the original expression.

For n=5 you can draw a similar rectangular matrix with 5 x 6 dots. And count only the upper triangular part.  

q1 a person or thing situated away or detached from the main body or system. a cluster is a a mash of many things.

q2 do

step-by-step explanation:

logv3(x+2)=1

rewrite in exponential form:

logb(x) = y is equal to b^y =x

b = 3, y = 1

now solve for x:

3^1 = x+2)

x = 3-2

x = 1

see the picture for the graph.