SOLUTION: At P.S. 125 there is an outbreak of the flu. On the first day, 58 children got sick. On the second day, 68 children got sick and 60 got sick on the third day. On the fourth day, 70

Question 825628: At P.S. 125 there is an outbreak of the flu. On the first day, 58 children got sick. On the second day, 68 children got sick and 60 got sick on the third day. On the fourth day, 70 children got sick and 62 new cases were reported on the fifth day. If the children kept getting sick at the same rate, how many children would get the flu on the 10th day?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Check the pattern: Up by 10, down by 8, up by 10, down by 8,...

Also, for passage of even number of day,s the function is +2, from initial value of 58. Ten is an even number. Five pair of such interval of days, so children might get flu on the tenth day.
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