document.write( "Question 205527: okay i had a math problem in class today and this isn't from a textbook
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okay i had a math problem in class today and this isn't from a textbook
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Solve X, and the answer is not 4, 96, or 32. Please Help me ASAP!!!!!
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document.write( "Use a quadratic polynomial in n:\r\n" );
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document.write( "When the Input is n, assume the Output is .\r\n" );
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document.write( "Substituting the given data:\r\n" );
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document.write( "When the Input is 1, the Output is .\r\n" );
document.write( "When the Input is 2, the Output is .\r\n" );
document.write( "When the Input is 3, the Output is .\r\n" );
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document.write( "So we solve the system of equations:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Solve that system by any method you know, and get\r\n" );
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document.write( "So the expression\r\n" );
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document.write( "becomes\r\n" );
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document.write( ". Therefore, to check the first three terms in\r\n" );
document.write( "the equation to see if it is correct:\r\n" );
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document.write( "When the Input is 1, the Output is .\r\n" );
document.write( "When the Input is 2, the Output is .\r\n" );
document.write( "When the Input is 3, the Output is .\r\n" );
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document.write( "Those are correct, so to get the next term we substitute n=4:\r\n" );
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document.write( "When the Input is 4, the Output is .\r\n" );
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document.write( "Edwin

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