1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 4, 2, 8, 4, 32, 8, 256, ?, ?, ?, ...
I didn't use a graphics calculator to arrive at my solution.
I noice that the numbers are all 2^x if you write out the x in sequence you get the follwing:
0 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 3 2 5 3 8
3rd term = 2nd term + 1st term
4th term = 3rd term - 2nd term
5th term = 4th term + 3rd term
6th term = 5th term - 4th term
therfore the next three terms are 5 (8-3), 13 (5+8) & 8 (13-5)
which gives 2^5=32, 2^13=8192, 2^8=256
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Posted by Lisa
on 2005-06-20 16:18:43 |