The easy thing to do is notice that 1^4 = 1, 2^4 = 16, 3^4 = 81, and so on, so the sequence follows the rule $n^4+1$ . The next number would then be fourth power of 7 plus 1, or 2402.

And the harder way: Denote the n-th term in this sequence by $a_n$ , and denote the given sequence by $\{a_n\}_{n\ge1}$ .

Let $b_n$ denote the n-th term in the sequence of forward differences of $\{a_n\}$ , defined by

$b_n=a_{n+1}-a_n$

for n ≥ 1. That is, $\{b_n\}$ is the sequence with

$b_1=a_2-a_1=17-2=15$

$b_2=a_3-a_2=82-17=65$

$b_3=a_4-a_3=175$

$b_4=a_5-a_4=369$

$b_5=a_6-a_5=671$

and so on.

Next, let $c_n$ denote the n-th term of the differences of $\{b_n\}$ , i.e. for n ≥ 1,

$c_n=b_{n+1}-b_n$

so that

$c_1=b_2-b_1=65-15=50$

$c_2=110$

$c_3=194$

$c_4=302$

etc.

Again: let $d_n$ denote the n-th difference of $\{c_n\}$ :

$d_n=c_{n+1}-c_n$

$d_1=c_2-c_1=60$

$d_2=84$

$d_3=108$

etc.

One more time: let $e_n$ denote the n-th difference of $\{d_n\}$ :

$e_n=d_{n+1}-d_n$

$e_1=d_2-d_1=24$

$e_2=24$

etc.

The fact that these last differences are constant is a good sign that $e_n=24$ for all n ≥ 1. Assuming this, we would see that $\{d_n\}$ is an arithmetic sequence given recursively by

$\begin{cases}d_1=60\\d_{n+1}=d_n+24&\text{for }n>1\end{cases}$

and we can easily find the explicit rule:

$d_2=d_1+24$

$d_3=d_2+24=d_1+24\cdot2$

$d_4=d_3+24=d_1+24\cdot3$

and so on, up to

$d_n=d_1+24(n-1)$

$d_n=24n+36$

Use the same strategy to find a closed form for $\{c_n\}$ , then for $\{b_n\}$ , and finally $\{a_n\}$ .

$\begin{cases}c_1=50\\c_{n+1}=c_n+24n+36&\text{for }n>1\end{cases}$

$c_2=c_1+24\cdot1+36$

$c_3=c_2+24\cdot2+36=c_1+24(1+2)+36\cdot2$

$c_4=c_3+24\cdot3+36=c_1+24(1+2+3)+36\cdot3$

and so on, up to

$c_n=c_1+24(1+2+3+\cdots+(n-1))+36(n-1)$

Recall the formula for the sum of consecutive integers:

$1+2+3+\cdots+n=\displaystyle\sum_{k=1}^nk=\frac{n(n+1)}2$

$\implies c_n=c_1+\dfrac{24(n-1)n}2+36(n-1)$

$\implies c_n=12n^2+24n+14$

$\begin{cases}b_1=15\\b_{n+1}=b_n+12n^2+24n+14&\text{for }n>1\end{cases}$

$b_2=b_1+12\cdot1^2+24\cdot1+14$

$b_3=b_2+12\cdot2^2+24\cdot2+14=b_1+12(1^2+2^2)+24(1+2)+14\cdot2$

$b_4=b_3+12\cdot3^2+24\cdot3+14=b_1+12(1^2+2^2+3^2)+24(1+2+3)+14\cdot3$

and so on, up to

$b_n=b_1+12(1^2+2^2+3^2+\cdots+(n-1)^2)+24(1+2+3+\cdots+(n-1))+14(n-1)$

Recall the formula for the sum of squares of consecutive integers:

$1^2+2^2+3^2+\cdots+n^2=\displaystyle\sum_{k=1}^nk^2=\frac{n(n+1)(2n+1)}6$

$\implies b_n=15+\dfrac{12(n-1)n(2(n-1)+1)}6+\dfrac{24(n-1)n}2+14(n-1)$

$\implies b_n=4n^3+6n^2+4n+1$

$\begin{cases}a_1=2\\a_{n+1}=a_n+4n^3+6n^2+4n+1&\text{for }n>1\end{cases}$

$a_2=a_1+4\cdot1^3+6\cdot1^2+4\cdot1+1$

$a_3=a_2+4(1^3+2^3)+6(1^2+2^2)+4(1+2)+1\cdot2$

$a_4=a_3+4(1^3+2^3+3^3)+6(1^2+2^2+3^2)+4(1+2+3)+1\cdot3$

$\implies a_n=a_1+4\displaystyle\sum_{k=1}^3k^3+6\sum_{k=1}^3k^2+4\sum_{k=1}^3k+\sum_{k=1}^{n-1}1$

$\displaystyle\sum_{k=1}^nk^3=\frac{n^2(n+1)^2}4$

$\implies a_n=2+\dfrac{4(n-1)^2n^2}4+\dfrac{6(n-1)n(2n)}6+\dfrac{4(n-1)n}2+(n-1)$

$\implies a_n=n^4+1$

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96 degrees

Step-by-step explanation:

The 144 degrees is on a straight line, meaning the angle next to it inside the triangle and 144 are supplementary. They add up to 180 degrees.

Coincidentally, the other two angles plus the third, unlabeled angle will add up to 180 degrees as well, meaning that the the 48+x = 144 degrees (according the property of equality, which is if a=b and b=c, then a=c). Solve for x from there:

x = 144-48

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