SOLUTION: 2,7,3,26,4 what will be the next one??? and what will be the explanation??

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Question 1063042: 2,7,3,26,4 what will be the next one??? and what will be the explanation??
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20064) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The odd numbered terms go 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, ...  add 1 each time

The even numbered terms go 7, 26, 45, 64, 83, 102, ... add 19 each time.

So the next term after 4 is 45.

[It could also be 7+26 which is 33, instead of 45.]
There are thousands of other possible answers, too,
but these are as good as any, and they're simple.  I 
cannot understand why schools are teaching such problems 
as this, as if there were only one answer, when there 
are many.

Edwin