Splitting Patterns

The n + 1 rule

An interactive lesson with 5 steps, about 5 minutes: you predict, drag and solve, with instant feedback on every answer. It runs in your browser and needs JavaScript.

What you’ll learn

• n equivalent neighbouring H → n + 1 lines, heights from Pascal’s triangle.
• Ethyl: quartet + triplet. Isopropyl: septet + doublet.

Steps

1. Neighbours’ magnets
2. Flip three coins
3. The ethyl group
4. Isopropyl
5. No neighbours