document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1125867>Question 1125867</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> What is the next numbers in these sequences and why are they as they are:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-9 -8 -4 5 21 46 ... ...<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2 4 6 10 16 26 42 ... ...<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #742190 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=742190\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The difference between the numbers in the first one ar 1,4,9,16,25, all perfect squares of 1-5.  The next difference will be 6^2 or 36, so the number will be 46+36, or 82.  After that, it will be 118, 200.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The first two numbers add to equal the third.  Each number is the sum of the preceding two.  So the next number in the series will be 26+42, or 68. </SPAN>\n" );
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