document.write( "Question 1163501: how do i figure out what the next number is?\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #787604 by Edwin McCravy(20056)\"\" \"About 
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document.write( "The pattern goes:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Start with 1\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then follow these four rules over and over\r\n" );
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document.write( "Square it. Get 1\r\n" );
document.write( "Double it. Get 2\r\n" );
document.write( "Double it. Get 4\r\n" );
document.write( "Add 1. Get 5\r\n" );
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document.write( "Square it. Get 25\r\n" );
document.write( "Double it. Get 50\r\n" );
document.write( "Double it. Get 100\r\n" );
document.write( "Add 1. Get 101\r\n" );
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document.write( "Square it. Get 10201\r\n" );
document.write( "Double it. Get 104060401\r\n" );
document.write( "Double it. Get 208129802\r\n" );
document.write( "Add 1. Get 208120803\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer: the next one after 25 was 50.\r\n" );
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document.write( "[This pattern is as good as any.]\r\n" );
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document.write( "Edwin
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