document.write( "Question 1046683: what would be the formula for 1/2,1,2,4,8. pattern \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #662157 by Edwin McCravy(20056)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! \r\n" ); document.write( "We start with 1st term 1/2\r\n" ); document.write( "To get the 2nd term, we multiply the 1st term 1/2 by 2 \r\n" ); document.write( " and get the 2nd term 1.\r\n" ); document.write( "To get the 3rd term, we multiply the 2nd term 1 by 2 \r\n" ); document.write( " and get the 3rd term 2.\r\n" ); document.write( "To get the 4th term, we multiply the 3rd term 2 by 2 \r\n" ); document.write( " and get the 4th term 4.\r\n" ); document.write( "To get the 5th term, we multiply the 4th term 4 by 2 \r\n" ); document.write( " and get the 5th term 8.\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "So the nth term is 1/2 multiplied by 2 the number of \r\n" ); document.write( "times which is one less than the number of the term.\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " |