document.write( "Question 1026557: find the next term 1,7,47,? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #641813 by Edwin McCravy(20056)\"\" \"About 
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document.write( "List them in a column\r\n" );
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document.write( "  1\r\n" );
document.write( "  7\r\n" );
document.write( " 47\r\n" );
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document.write( "To the right of each, subtract the number\r\n" );
document.write( "from the one just below it:\r\n" );
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document.write( "  1  6\r\n" );
document.write( "  7 40\r\n" );
document.write( " 47\r\n" );
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document.write( "To the right of the 6, do the same, subtract\r\n" );
document.write( "the 6 from the number just below it 40-6 = 34\r\n" );
document.write( "write 34 out beside the 6:\r\n" );
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document.write( "  1  6 34\r\n" );
document.write( "  7 40\r\n" );
document.write( " 47\r\n" );
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document.write( "Put another 34 under the 34\r\n" );
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document.write( "  1  6 34\r\n" );
document.write( "  7 40 34\r\n" );
document.write( " 47\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now we work backwards.  Add the 34 and the 40,\r\n" );
document.write( "which is just left of it, getting 74.  Put the \r\n" );
document.write( "74 underneath the 40, to the right of the 74\r\n" );
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document.write( "  1  6 34\r\n" );
document.write( "  7 40 34\r\n" );
document.write( " 47 74\r\n" );
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document.write( "Finally we add the 74 and the 47, getting 121,\r\n" );
document.write( "Put the 147 underneath the 47\r\n" );
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document.write( "  1  6 34\r\n" );
document.write( "  7 40 34\r\n" );
document.write( " 47 74\r\n" );
document.write( "121\r\n" );
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document.write( "That's the next term, 121.\r\n" );
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