SOLUTION: can you describe the pattern 3,20,63,144

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Question 992528: can you describe the pattern
3,20,63,144
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056) About Me  (Show Source):
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It's the squares of the natural numbers starting 
with 1 multiplied by the odd numbers starting with 3:

1²×3 = 1×3 = 3
2²×5 = 4×5 = 20
3²×7 = 9×7 = 63
4²×9 = 16×9 = 144
5²×11 = 15×11 = 275
6²×13 = 36×13 = 468

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Edwin