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  • 03-03-2018
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Use inductive reasoning to find the next term in the sequence 1, 2, 4, 7, 11, 16… what is the next term?
a. 18
b. 19
c. 22
d. 26

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  • 03-03-2018
Hello,

[tex]u_1=1\\ u_2=2\\ u_3=4\\ u_4=7\\ u_5=11\\ u_6=16\\ u_2-u_1=2-1=1\\ u_3-u_2=4-2=2\\ u_4-u_3=7-4=3\\ u_5-u_4=11-7=4\\ u_6-u_5=16-11=5\\ ... u_n-u_{n-1}=n-1\\ \boxed{u_n=u_{n-1}+n-1}\\ u_7=u_6+(7-1)=16+6=22\\ [/tex]

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