Step 1 — Solution

The first row starts with the number 4. The starting number of any other row is 3 steps on from that of the previous one. This tells us that the first number in row m is of the form

The difference between successive numbers in the first row is 3, and the difference between successive numbers in any other row is 2 greater than the difference in the previous row. This means that the difference between successive numbers in row m is

The nth entry in row m is equal to the first entry plus (n-1) times the difference in that row, so the nth entry in row m is

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