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nth term homework yr 7

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Christywhisty · 24/02/2008 15:33

Ds has nth term as homework, most of it is okay and he understands it, fairly simple answers like 5n-2 etc

But the following just seem way too complicated

3,7, 11, 14, 18

the differences don't seem to make sense ( 4, 4, 3, 4,)

also

1, 8, 15, 22, 27

differences

(7, 7, 7, 5)

Any ideas, have tried squaring them etc
I am almost starting to think there are printing errors!

OP posts:
Christywhisty · 24/02/2008 16:04

the ones that ds has managed are

3,8,13,18,23
which is 5n-2

9,14,19,24,29
which is 5n+4

8,12,20,26,32
which is 6n+2

OP posts:
Threadworm · 24/02/2008 16:03

What are they asking him to do? Continue the sequence? State the rule governing the sequence?

katz · 24/02/2008 16:00

are the answers in the back? might tell you if they are printing errors

AMumInScotland · 24/02/2008 15:58

Can you give a couple of examples of ones which do make sense to you - maybe that'll help us see some kind of pattern?

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