document.write( "Question 1023742: 7,11,10,10,17,37,76 what is the eighth term \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #639270 by Edwin McCravy(20056) $\"\"$ $\"About$
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document.write( "List them in a row.\r\n" );
document.write( "Then subtract every number from any number that is on\r\n" );
document.write( "its immediate right, and place that difference between \r\n" );
document.write( "and below the numbers that you subtracted, creating a\r\n" );
document.write( "new row with 1 less number in it.  Then make a new row\r\n" );
document.write( "doing the same.  Keep doing this until you come to a\r\n" );
document.write( "row that has all the same numbers in it: \r\n" );
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document.write( "7   11    10    10    17    37    76\r\n" );
document.write( "  4    -1     0     7    20    39\r\n" );
document.write( "    -5     1     7    13    19\r\n" );
document.write( "        6     6     6     6   \r\n" );
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document.write( "We stop with the third row because it has all 6's\r\n" );
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document.write( "We write another 6 at the end of that row of 6's:\r\n" );
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document.write( "7   11    10    10    17    37    76\r\n" );
document.write( "  4    -1     0     7    20    39\r\n" );
document.write( "    -5     1     7    13    19\r\n" );
document.write( "        6     6     6     6     6\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now work backwards.  Add the 6 to the 19, getting 25.\r\n" );
document.write( "Place it to the right of the 19\r\n" );
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document.write( "7   11    10    10    17    37    76\r\n" );
document.write( "  4    -1     0     7    20    39\r\n" );
document.write( "    -5     1     7    13    19    25 \r\n" );
document.write( "        6     6     6     6     6\r\n" );
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document.write( "Add the 25 to the 39, getting 64.\r\n" );
document.write( "Place it to the right of the 39.\r\n" );
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document.write( "7   11    10    10    17    37    76\r\n" );
document.write( "  4    -1     0     7    20    39    64\r\n" );
document.write( "    -5     1     7    13    19    25 \r\n" );
document.write( "        6     6     6     6     6\r\n" );
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document.write( "Add the 64 to the 76 and get 140. \r\n" );
document.write( "Place it right of the 76\r\n" );
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document.write( "7   11    10    10    17    37    76   140\r\n" );
document.write( "  4    -1     0     7    20    39    64\r\n" );
document.write( "    -5     1     7    13    19    25 \r\n" );
document.write( "        6     6     6     6     6\r\n" );
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document.write( "The next number is 140.\r\n" );
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