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Can you help me work out the nth term formula for these quadratic sequences?

Thanks. I've been trying too do this for literally hours and I'm stuck:

(1) 10, 13, 18, 25, 24, 45...

(2) 1, 6, 13, 22, 33, 46...

(3) 8, 28, 36, 62, 92, 128.

if you can only do 1 or 2, that's totally fine i reaaly need help.

thank you soooooo much in advance

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  • Anonymous
    9 years ago
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    1,4,9,16,25,... this sequence is n^2 look to the differences

    4-1 = 3

    9-4 = 5

    16-9 = 7

    25-16 = 9 ... it is the same as your first sequence

    24 should be 34

    13-10=3

    18-13=5

    25-18 = 7

    34 - 25 = 9

    45 - 34 = 11

    so 10-1 = 9 so ur sequence is

    n^2+9

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    second sequence same as the first

    but begins with 6-1 = 5 , like 9 -4

    what makes 9 , 6 sub 3

    so it is n^2 -3 this sequence -2,1,6,13

    want to ignore the first term being with n+1 instead of n

    (n + 1)^2 - 3

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    make sure you write the last one correctly

  • 4 years ago

    10,13,18,25,34

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