SOLUTION: Be sure to show your work and explain your work. Share your thoughts on how you discovered the 100th number in the sequence. Also note that you do not need a formula or prior kn

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Question 1064435: Be sure to show your work and explain your work. Share your thoughts on how you discovered the 100th number in the sequence. Also note that you do not need a formula or prior knowledge to answer the questions posed. If you use a formula, you will have to explain why the formula works.
Pattern : 26, 21, 16, ____, ____, ____
CHALLENGE: Can you identify the "nth" step of the sequence? (The challenge will not count against you this week, but in future problems you will be identifying the "nth" step in our patterns. Give it a try.)

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Subtraction of 5 to reach each successive term.