Sizes and prices of milk
1/4gallon: $1.80
1/2gallon: $2.10
1gallon: $4.25
2gallons: $5.98

describe what will be the better buy if you plan to buy lots of milk. support your answer with equations or verbal descriptions.

The best option is to buy 2 gallons for $5.98 because if you do your work and check how much everything else costs for 2 gallons (example: 1/4 gallons multiplied by 8 equals $14.40 which is 2 gallons) you'll see that everything else is too expensive, and the 2 gallons for $5.98 is the best answer.

I hope this helps :)

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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

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