What is the answer to this pattern 12,24,72,288,______?

Mathematics

2 answers:

Arlecino [84]3 years ago

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Answer and workings in the attachment below.

AveGali [126]3 years ago

3 0

If you notice, the pattern is multiplication.

$12*2 = 24, 24*3 = 72, 72* 4 = 288, 288* x = y$

Notice that it goes two-fold, then three-fold, then four-fold. The next number would be 288*5, which is 1440.

Therefore, the next number is 1440.

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1) $a_{n}=a_{1}+(n-1)d\Rightarrow a_{n}=-1-2(n-1)\\a_{2}=-1-2(2-1)\Rightarrow a_{2}=-3\\a_{3}=-1-2(3-1)\Rightarrow a_{3}=-5\\(...)\\a_{10}=-1-2(10-1)=-19$

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1) To write an Arithmetic Sequence, as an Explicit Term, is to write a general formula to find any term for this sequence following this pattern:

$a_{n}=a_{1}+d(n-1)\Rightarrow \left\{\begin{matrix}a_{n}=n^{th}\: term\\a_1=1st \: term \\d=\: difference\\n=n^{th}\, term\end{matrix}\right.$

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Write an explicit formula for each term of this sequence A(n)=-1+(n-1)(-2)

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$a_{n}=a_{1}+(n-1)d\Rightarrow a_{n}=-1-2(n-1)\\a_{2}=-1-2(2-1)\Rightarrow a_{2}=-3\\a_{3}=-1-2(3-1)\Rightarrow a_{3}=-5\\(...)\\a_{10}=-1-2(10-1)=-19$

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