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document.write( "A sequence is a list of numbers separated by commas, that usually follow a\r\n" );
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document.write( "1.\r\n" );
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document.write( "5,8,11,14,17,21,...\r\n" );
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document.write( "The rule here is \"Start with 5 and add 3 each time to get the next number in\r\n" );
document.write( "the sequence\". That's called an \"arithmetic sequence\".\r\n" );
document.write( "It's pronounced \"ah-rith-MET-ick\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "2.\r\n" );
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document.write( "3,6,12,24,48,96,...\r\n" );
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document.write( "The rule here is \"Start with 3 and MULTIPLY by 2 each time to get the next\r\n" );
document.write( "number in the sequence\". That's called an \"geometric sequence\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "3.  Here is the Fibonacci sequence:\r\n" );
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document.write( "1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,...\r\n" );
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document.write( "The rule here is \"Start with 1,1\" then add the two previous numbers together\r\n" );
document.write( "to get the next number in the sequence.  \r\n" );
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document.write( "4. The sequence of prime numbers:\r\n" );
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document.write( "2,3,5,7,11,13,17,23,...\r\n" );
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document.write( "The rule here is to start with 2, and list the next higher whole number that \r\n" );
document.write( "can be divided evenly ONLY by itself and 1.\r\n" );
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