SOLUTION: What is the next three terms of 3,5,9,15,23

Question 1164495: What is the next three terms of 3,5,9,15,23
Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

This, like ANY OTHER similar question, can't be answered.

There is no way to know what the next term(s) are; ANY next three numbers will make a valid sequence.

You can look for an APPARENT pattern in the numbers to GUESS a POSSIBLE or even PROBABLE answer; but there is no way to know whether any answer you come up with is correct.

In this example, the difference between successive terms SUGGEST a POSSIBLE answer:

3 + 2 = 5
5 + 4 = 9
9 + 6 = 15
15 + 8 = 23

Since the differences are increasing by 2, the next three terms MIGHT BE

23 + 10 = 33
33 + 12 = 45
45 + 14 = 59

But, again.... That is only a GUESS.

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