jessica098
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"Eric the Sheep is at the end of a line of sheep waiting to be shorn. But being an impatient sort of a sheep, every time the shearer takes a sheep from the front to be shorn, Eric sneaks up the line two places."
I am asked to describe a rule or expression that I could use to find the number shorn before Eric for any number of sheep in front of him. I'm having trouble doing this.
I did some math, however, and created a table:
# of sheep in front of Eric / # of sheep shorn before Eric
4 / 2
5 / 2
6 / 2
7 / 3
8 / 3
9 / 3
10 / 4
11 / 4
12 / 4
13 / 5
Can anyone help me find the rule??
I am asked to describe a rule or expression that I could use to find the number shorn before Eric for any number of sheep in front of him. I'm having trouble doing this.
I did some math, however, and created a table:
# of sheep in front of Eric / # of sheep shorn before Eric
4 / 2
5 / 2
6 / 2
7 / 3
8 / 3
9 / 3
10 / 4
11 / 4
12 / 4
13 / 5
Can anyone help me find the rule??