document.write( "Question 1126478: I need to know the next 3 numbers in the following pattern:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "if sequence is arithmetic:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"a%5Bn%5D=a%5B1%5D%2B%28n-1%29d\" where \"a%5Bn%5D=nth\" term, \"a%5B1%5D=first-+term\", \"n\"=number of terms, \"d\"=common difference\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\"3\", \"1\",\"+24\", \"6\", \"2\", \"21\", \"9\",\"+3\",\"+20\", \"12\",\"+4\", \"18\", \"15\",\"+5\", ..., we cannot find d=common difference\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "if sequence geometric:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"a%5Bn%5D=a%5B1%5D%2Ar%5E%28n-1%29\" where \"r\"=common ratio; we cannot find \"r\"=common ratio neither\r
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