document.write( "Question 1038527: 8, 14, 26, 54, 162 ???? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #653233 by Edwin McCravy(20056)\"\" \"About 
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document.write( "Below is a difference table.  The first\r\n" );
document.write( "column consists of the 5 numbers in the \r\n" );
document.write( "sequence.  In all other columns each \r\n" );
document.write( "number in the difference between the \r\n" );
document.write( "number just left of it and the number \r\n" );
document.write( "just under the number just left of it.\r\n" );
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document.write( "  8    6    6  10  54 \r\n" );
document.write( " 14   12   16  64\r\n" );
document.write( " 26   28   80\r\n" );
document.write( " 54  108  \r\n" );
document.write( "162\r\n" );
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document.write( "So we put another 54 under the 54 and\r\n" );
document.write( "add the number just to the left of it\r\n" );
document.write( "and place the sum underneath the number\r\n" );
document.write( "just left of it.  Do this all the way\r\n" );
document.write( "to the left column until we have\r\n" );
document.write( "extended the difference table so that\r\n" );
document.write( "the first column has one more number:\r\n" );
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document.write( "  8    6    6   10  54 \r\n" );
document.write( " 14   12   16   64  54\r\n" );
document.write( " 26   28   80  118\r\n" );
document.write( " 54  108  198\r\n" );
document.write( "162  306\r\n" );
document.write( "468\r\n" );
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document.write( "So by the method of the difference table,\r\n" );
document.write( "the next term is 468.\r\n" );
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