document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=160754>Question 160754</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Patterns.   What are the next three numbers in the following pattern?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2,3,5,9,17,33 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #118514 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=vleith><B>vleith(2983)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=vleith><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=118514\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Look at the difference between each successive pair of numbers<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2,3 difference is 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3,5 difference is 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5,9 difference is 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9,17 difference is 8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "do you see a pattern?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Does that pattern work for 17,33?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Use what you know to figure out the next 3 numbers </SPAN>\n" );
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