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163,524,949,1898,next
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document.write( "One way is to look at it is to consider it to be made up of two arithmetic\r\n" );
document.write( "sequences:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Sequence 1:  163,   ,949,    ,1735,    ,2521,    ,3307,    ,4053,    ,... \r\n" );
document.write( "Sequence 2:     ,524,   ,1898,    ,3272,    ,4646,    ,6020,    ,7394,...\r\n" );
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document.write( "Together:    163,524,949,1898,1735,3272,2521,4646,3307,6020,4053,7394,...\r\n" );
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document.write( "Sequence 1 has first term 163, and common difference 786.\r\n" );
document.write( "Sequence 2 has first term 524, and common difference 1374.\r\n" );
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