document.write( "Question 176317: 3) A student claims that two terms are enough to determine any sequence. For example 3,6, … means the sequence would be 3, 6, 9, 27, 12, 15, … How do you respond? \n" ); document.write( "
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The sequence could possibly be 3, 6, 9, 27, 12, 15, ... Notice how we add 3 to each term.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Or, you could multiply the each term by 3 and subtract 3. So 3*3-3=9-3=6\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "There are countless (possibly infinite) other ways to generate 3,6 ...\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So there isn't enough information to determine the sequence given 3,6 ...\r
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