T-Totals. To figure out an equation for different grid sizes, I have to find the relationship between grid sizes and the T total. I will now let S= Grid Size.

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T-Totals

Part 1

By using algebra I can find the equation for T Total for grid size 9

                                                       T Total= n-19+n-18+n-17+n-9+n= 5n-63

T Total= 5n-63 is the relationship between the T total and the T number. This means for example that if the T number is 20 my formula predicts a T Total of 5× 20– 63= 37 which agrees with my earlier calculations.

Part 2

Equation for different grid sizes

To figure out an equation for different grid sizes, I have to find the relationship between grid sizes and the T total. I will now let S= Grid Size.

                 

               I get this T

T Total= n+n-S+n-2S+n-2S+1+n+2S-1= 5n-7S

This means that the equation is T total= 5n-7S where S is the grid size so if for example the T number is 24 and the grid size is 11 then the T total will be (5× 24– 11× 7)= 43. I can check whether this works.

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The totals are the same so my formula seems to work.

Translation

I will now try and figure out the relationship between translation and the T Total. I will translate a T by x units to the right and y units down. I will represent this by the vector. I will use S to represent grid size and use T to represent Old T Total. I will try and find a formula for the new T Total from the old T Total.

(T+7S)/5-7S-1+x+yS+( T+7S)/5-7S +x+yS+( T+7S)/5-7S ...

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