Classrooms on one side of the drama building are all numbered with consecutive even integers. If the first room, the room with the smallest classroom number, on this side of the building is numbered y, write an expression in y for the sum of the
first four classroom numbers in a row. Then simplify this expression
The sum of the first four classroom numbers in a row is

Respuesta :

Consecutive odd numbers are two apart (5, 7, 9, 11...). So given an odd integer, we can add 2 to get the next odd integer.

If the first odd integer is y, then the first 4 odd integers are

y

y+2

y+4

y+6

These add up to 4y+12