document.write( "Question 1164416: 1,2,4,7,28,33, what comes next
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Algebra.Com's Answer #788818 by Edwin McCravy(20056)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! \r\n" ); document.write( "Ikleyn and greenstamps will probably tell you that any number will do, and\r\n" ); document.write( "Ikleyn will likely chew you out for posting it. But they probably have\r\n" ); document.write( "never seen such sequences on tests given by employers to applicants, to test\r\n" ); document.write( "their reasoning ability. The idea is to think of the simplest pattern that\r\n" ); document.write( "works.\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "Start with 1, \r\n" ); document.write( "Now we have 1, add 1, get 2.\r\n" ); document.write( "Now we have 2, multiply by 2, get 4.\r\n" ); document.write( "Now we have 4, add 3, get 7.\r\n" ); document.write( "Now we have 7, multiply by 4, get 28.\r\n" ); document.write( "Now we have 28, add 5, get 33.\r\n" ); document.write( "Now we have 33, multiply by 6, get 198.\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "Edwin \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |