document.write( "Question 1055729: What's the pattern?
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document.write( " 5 9 13 20 29 40 53\r\n" );
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document.write( "12+4 = 1+4 = 5\r\n" );
document.write( "22+4 = 4+4 = 8    <-- 2nd term should have been 8, not 9\r\n" );
document.write( "32+4 = 9+5 = 14\r\n" );
document.write( "42+4 = 16+4 = 20\r\n" );
document.write( "52+4 = 25+4 = 29\r\n" );
document.write( "62+4 = 36+4 = 40\r\n" );
document.write( "72+4 = 49+4 = 53\r\n" );
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document.write( "So the second term should be 8, not 9.\r\n" );
document.write( "It must have been a typo.  All the terms but the 2nd \r\n" );
document.write( "one fit the pattern of  an = n2+4.\r\n" );
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