 Hello there, Mr. Marks here, your friendly neighborhood math teacher. Remember, it's not about just getting the right answers, it's about learning and growing along the way. Today's problem is coming to us from a McDougal-Litell geometry textbook. This problem is a great introduction into geometric concepts such as pattern recognition, so let's uncover the mysteries together. First, let's read the problem's instructions. Sketching visual patterns. Sketch the next figure in the pattern. Let's take a look at our pattern here. I first noticed that each figure in our pattern is a circle, and each of those circles is split into multiple parts. Not only this, but one of the parts in each circle is colored white while the rest are not. How would you describe how to sketch the next figure in this pattern? Oh, I know! It's just another circle broken up into more parts where we're going to color in the top left part, right? Then I say, let's test that conjecture. First, I would ask you, what do you mean by more pieces? This first circle is one.