Question 925738:  Please help me solve these problems:
 
"Find the rule to fit this In/Out tables. You may find it helpful to draw out the first and second differences.
 
1.                                                   
IN        OUT                                
1	  14                                   
2	  17                                            
3	  20                                 
4	  23                                 
5	  26                                
6	  ?                                    
Rule: "The OUT is...              
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2. 
IN      OUT  
1        8    
2        11   
3        16   
4        23  
5        ?   
6        ?  
Rule: "The OUT is... 
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3.  
IN       OUT 
1         5 
2         20 
3         45 
4         80 
5         ? 
6         ? 
Rule: "The OUT is...     
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I noticed some patterns in OUT of these problems but cannot create rule equations for each problem.
 
1. Pattern: the difference between the next OUT and previous OUT is 3.  
17 - 14 = 3, 20 - 17 = 3, 23 - 20 = 3, 26 - 23 = 3. So OUT for IN 6 will be 29 (26 + 3 = 29).
 
2. Pattern: the difference between the next OUT and previous OUT is increased each time by 2. 
11 - 8 = 3, 16 - 11 = 5, 23 - 16 = 7 (5 - 3 = 2, 7 - 5 = 2). So I could find  
OUT for IN 5 and OUT for IN 6: 
IN 5   OUT 32 (7 + 2 = 9, 23 + 9 = 32) 
IN 6   OUT 43 (9 + 2 = 11, 32 + 11 = 43)
 
3. Pattern: the difference between the next OUT and previous OUT is increased each time by 10. 
20 - 5 = 15, 45 - 20 = 25, 80 - 45 = 35 (25 - 15 = 10, 35 - 25 = 10). So I could find OUT for IN 5 and OUT for IN 6: 
IN 5   OUT 125 (35 + 10 = 45, 80 + 45 = 125) 
IN 6   OUT 180 (45 + 10 = 55, 125 + 55 = 180).
 
Please help me with finding rule equations.
 
Thank you, 
Inna 
  
 Answer by josgarithmetic(39630)      (Show Source): 
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