document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1200806>Question 1200806</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do I classify the following sequences?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a. r-5, 5, r+5, ... ... ...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b. p, p^2-1, P^3-2p+1/p, ... ... ... </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The meaning of your question is not clear.  What does it mean to \"classify\" a sequence?<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Without spending any time on actually working out the problem, either of these sequences might be arithmetic, or geometric, or exponential, or anything else -- depending on the values of the variables.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So, as posted, the question is nonsense.<br><BR>\n" );
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