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Cool sequence 2 (Posted on 2003-05-07) Difficulty: 2 of 5
Here is a cool sequence.

1,10,101,1020,10301,______,_______...

What numbers go in the two blanks?

See The Solution Submitted by Tim Axoy    
Rating: 4.3077 (13 votes)

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Solution Solution | Comment 6 of 16 |
First Step: The first number is 1, so we leave it as it is and since there is no number before that, we take it as 0.

Second Step: Multiply 1 (the first term) by 10 and add 0 to obtain the second term as 10.

Third Step: Multiply 10 (the second term) by 10 and add 1 (the first term) to obtain the third term as 101.

Fourth Step: Multiply 101 (the third term) by 10 and add 10 (the second term) to obtain the fourth term as 1020.

Fifth Step: Multiply 1020 (the fourth term) by 10 and add 101 (the third term) to obtain the fifth term as 10301.

Sixth Step: Multiply 10301 (the fifth term) by 10 and add 1020 (the fourth term) to obtain the sixth term as 104030.

Seventh Step: Multiply 104030 (the sixth term) by 10 and add 10301 (the fifth term) to obtain the seventh term as 1050601.

So, the general rule is given by:

'N'th Term = 10 times (N-1)st Term added to (N-2)nd Term.
  Posted by Ravi Raja on 2003-05-07 19:52:13
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