document.write( "Question 804441: How would you find the 50th term of the pattern 1,1,2,3,5 \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "That's the Fibonacci sequence\r\n" );
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document.write( "1,1,2,3,5...\r\n" );
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document.write( "You start off with the first two terms being 1.\r\n" );
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document.write( "To get the next number you add the two preceding numbers\r\n" );
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document.write( "Binet's formula for the nth Fibonacci number is\r\n" );
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document.write( "Fib(n) = \r\n" );
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document.write( "Fib(50) =  = 12586269025\r\n" );
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