The box-and-whisker plot describes the scores of hockey teams in a recent tournament.

what was the minimum score? {side note: answer choices are in the attached photo}

, and

for

step-by-step explanation:

we can analyze the pattern at which the terms increase. let us denote , , , so that we can call

note the following:

the pattern: to get the next term value, we just add the next term number (e.g. 1st, 2nd, to the previous term value (term values are the given numbers in the question, 1, 3, 6, 10, 15,

from , to get to , we add

from , to get to , we add

etc.

we need to form a recursive formula, a formula that has the next term as a function of the previous term. so a possible recursive formula can be

, and for

thus, the first answer choice, y = sec x, is the correct one

umm im not really sure because i never had to do this

step-by-step explanation: