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Example Question #1 :How To Find The Next Term In An Arithmetic Sequence
Each term in the sequence is one less than twice the previous term.
So,
Example Question #2 :How To Find The Next Term In An Arithmetic Sequence
What is the next number in the following series: 0, 3, 8, 15, 24 . . . ?
41
35
40
37
32
35
The series is defined by n2– 1 starting at n = 1. The sixth number in the series then equal to 62– 1 = 35.
Example Question #1 :How To Find The Next Term In An Arithmetic Sequence
A sequence of numbers is as follows:
What is the sum of the first seven numbers in the sequence?
490
248
719
621
1529
621
The pattern of the sequence is (x+1) * 2.
We have the first 5 terms, so we need terms 6 and 7:
(78+1) * 2 = 158
(158+1) * 2 = 318
3 + 8 + 18 +38 + 78 + 158 + 318 = 621
Example Question #1 :How To Find The Next Term In An Arithmetic Sequence
Find theterm in the sequence
Notice that in the sequence
each term increases by.
It is always good strategy when attempting to find a pattern in a sequence to examine the difference between each term.
We continue the pattern to find:
Theterm is
Theterm is
Theterm is
It is useful to note that the sequence is defined by,
where n is the number of any one term.
We can solve
to find theterm.
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