Question 1(i)
Find the rule, which gives the number of matchsticks required to make the following matchstick patterns. Use a variable to write the rule.
A pattern of letter T as
Two matchsticks are used in the given pattern.
∴To create n such patterns, we need 2n matchsticks.
The rule which can give the number of matchsticks required to make the given matchstick pattern = 2n