document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=550144>Question 550144</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> What is the 100-th term in the following pattern?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0, 3, 8, 15, 24, 35, 48, 63, . . . </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "With these patterns we need to play around with different ways that would work. This particular one works as:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n(n+2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now start with zero and plug it in and work up the numbers and we'll get the pattern. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Plug 100 in for n and we get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10,200<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Make sense?<BR>\n" );
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