SOLUTION: Patterns. What are the next three numbers in the following pattern? 2,3,5,9,17,33

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Question 160754: Patterns. What are the next three numbers in the following pattern?
2,3,5,9,17,33

Answer by vleith(2983) About Me  (Show Source):
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Look at the difference between each successive pair of numbers
2,3 difference is 1
3,5 difference is 2
5,9 difference is 4
9,17 difference is 8
do you see a pattern?
Does that pattern work for 17,33?
Use what you know to figure out the next 3 numbers