document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=908859>Question 908859</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 12, 21 find the next  pattern <BR>\n" );
document.write( "can u explain why </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Try testing for common ratio.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Try testing for common ratio of each ratio.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Try testing for any pattern in difference between successive terms.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Try graphing the sequence.  Does any pattern show visually?  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The sequence could go according to a rule, but finding such a rule may be beyond \"College Algebra\" courses.   I would be curious what the term at index 8 would be; still increasing and greater than 38 or 39?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "No Pattern. </SPAN>\n" );
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