SOLUTION: 8,11,16,23,32 write down the next 2 terms write down an expression for the nth term

Question 307078: 8,11,16,23,32
write down the next 2 terms
write down an expression for the nth term
Answer by ichudov(507) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Usually for middle school and such, these problems are easy. For IQ tests, they could be harder, depending on where in the IQ test they appear.
The way to go about the easy problems, almost always, is just to subtract numbers that stand next to each other and see if the differences have a pattern.

8,11,16,23,32
differences are
3,5,7,9
which kind of looks like obvious!
So the next number would be 32+11=43.
The n-th term is

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