document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1210575>Question 1210575</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Finish the sequence 3. 6. 18 ___\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "which of these numbers is correct\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "84\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "60\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "72\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "30 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "This sequence could be geometric. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "To find out, divide adjacent terms<BR>\n" );
document.write( "term2/term1 = 6/3 = 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "term3/term2 = 18/6 = 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The ratios we got were 2 and 3.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "We do not get the same ratio each time, so the sequence isn't geometric.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "But the pattern could be: multiply by 2, multiply by 3, multiply by 4, etc<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If so, then<BR>\n" );
document.write( "18*4 = 72<BR>\n" );
document.write( "could be the next term.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Unfortunately sequence problems like this are very flawed. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Check out this similar problem<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "On that link I try to find the next few terms in the sequence 1,2,4,...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It turns out there are at least 3 different possible answers for that question. There may be infinitely many answers. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Without knowing the actual rule to \"3, 6, 18, ...\" there's no way of knowing 100% what the next term could be.<BR>\n" );
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