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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
2 Answers
- Anonymous9 years agoFavorite Answer
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