document.write( "Question 1044840: What is a next/now rule and can you please help me find it for the pttern y=2x-1 \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "y = 2x-1\r\n" );
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document.write( "First, we make a table of values for that equation:\r\n" );
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document.write( "x|1|2|3|4|5| 6|\r\n" );
document.write( "y|1|3|5|7|9|11|\r\n" );
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document.write( "Look at the values of y.\r\n" );
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document.write( "To get from the 1st value of y, which is 1, to the 2nd value of y,\r\n" );
document.write( "which is 3, we add 2\r\n" );
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document.write( "To get from the 2nd value of y, which is 3, to the 3rd value of y,\r\n" );
document.write( "which is 5, we add 2\r\n" );
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document.write( "To get from the 3rd value of y, which is 5, to the 4th value of y,\r\n" );
document.write( "which is 7, we add 2\r\n" );
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document.write( "So,\r\n" );
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document.write( "To get from the NOW value to the NEXT value, we always add 2.\r\n" );
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document.write( "We START at 1, and to get the next value, we add 2.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Some teachers like it written this way:\r\n" );
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document.write( "NEXT = NOW + 2  S.A. 1\r\n" );
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document.write( "where S.A. stands for \"START AT\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Other teachers like it written this way:\r\n" );
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document.write( "START = 1\r\n" );
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document.write( "NOW + 2 = NEXT.\r\n" );
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