document.write( "Question 1043531: What is the next number in the series: 64, 35, 32, 29, 16? Please help! \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #658834 by Edwin McCravy(20056)\"\" \"About 
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document.write( "We easily see the pattern of the odd-numbered terms,\r\n" );
document.write( "start with 64 and take half each time:\r\n" );
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document.write( " 64, __, 32, __, 16, __,  8, __,  4, __,  2, __\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then we notice that the term on the left of 32 is 3\r\n" );
document.write( "more than 32, and the term on the right of 32 is 3 less\r\n" );
document.write( "than 32,\r\n" );
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document.write( " 64, 35, 32, 29, 16, __,  8, __,  4, __,  2, __\r\n" );
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document.write( "So the one just before 8 is 3 more than 8, or 11, and the\r\n" );
document.write( "term on the right of 8 is 3 less than 8, or 5.  And the \r\n" );
document.write( "pattern goes like this:\r\n" );
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document.write( " 64, 35, 32, 29, 16, 11,  8,  5,  4,  5,  2, -1\r\n" );
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