document.write( "Question 1061702: 2, 7, 26, 101, 400, ? \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "2, 7, 26, 101, 400,\r\n" );
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document.write( "As a start, let's divide each term by the \r\n" );
document.write( "term before it: \r\n" );
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document.write( "2nd term divided by 1st term:  7÷2 = 3.5\r\n" );
document.write( "3rd term divided by 2nd term:  26÷7 = 3.7142... \r\n" );
document.write( "4th term divided by 3rd term:  101÷26 = 3.8846... \r\n" );
document.write( "5th term divided by 4th term:  400÷101 = 3.9603...\r\n" );
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document.write( "It looks like those answers are getting closer\r\n" );
document.write( "and closer to 4.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So let's multiply all the terms by 4, and compare\r\n" );
document.write( "what we get to the next term:\r\n" );
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document.write( "2×4 = 8, which is 1 more than the 2nd term 7\r\n" );
document.write( "7×4 = 28, which is 2 more than the 3rd term 26\r\n" );
document.write( "26×4 = 104, which is 3 more than the 4th term 101\r\n" );
document.write( "101×4 = 404, which is 4 more than the 5th term 400\r\n" );
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document.write( "So we have found a pattern:.  Can you now figure out\r\n" );
document.write( "the next term?  If not, tell me about it in the thank\r\n" );
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