SOLUTION: If the x column has the numbers - 1,2,3,4,5,6 and the y column has the numbers 2,4,8,16,32,64. What would the expression be? Thank-you

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Question 1029899: If the x column has the numbers - 1,2,3,4,5,6 and the y column has the numbers 2,4,8,16,32,64. What would the expression be? Thank-you
Found 2 solutions by TLaner, stanbon:
Answer by TLaner(1)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I'm assuming that y is some function of x.
You need to look for patterns and perform induction to create some function such that
2,4,8,16.. are all powers of two, so let's try that:

And look that, it just so happens that it works for each row.

Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
the x column has the numbers - 1,2,3,4,5,6 and the y column has the numbers 2,4,8,16,32,64. What would the expression be?
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2 = 2^1
4 = 2^2
8 = 2^3
...
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64 = 2^6
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Ans:: a(n) = 2^n
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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