document.write( "Question 886100: what is the next number which completes the sequence below?
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document.write( "The pattern goes\r\n" );
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document.write( "square, add 2, subtract 1,\r\n" );
document.write( "square, add 2, subtract 1,\r\n" );
document.write( "square, add 2, subtract 1,\r\n" );
document.write( "etc., etc., etc.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Start with      1\r\n" );
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document.write( "Square 1, get   1\r\n" );
document.write( "add 2, get      3\r\n" );
document.write( "subtract 1, get 2\r\n" );
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document.write( "Square 2, get   4\r\n" );
document.write( "add 2, get      6\r\n" );
document.write( "subtract 1, get 5\r\n" );
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document.write( "Square 5, get   25\r\n" );
document.write( "add 2, get      27     <--- that's the answer!\r\n" );
document.write( "subtract 1, get 26\r\n" );
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document.write( "Square 26, get  676\r\n" );
document.write( "add 2, get      678\r\n" );
document.write( "subtract 1, get 677\r\n" );
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