Pattern Problem #2

Find the next number in the sequence. This number is a positive, whole number.

  • 1
  • 5.65685424949
  • 15.5884572681
  • 32
  • 55.9016994375
  • 88.1816307402
  • 129.641814242
  • 181.019335984
  • ??????????????


The answer is 243.

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2 solutions

Jayanta Mandi
May 15, 2014

The series is : 1 5 2 1^{\frac{5}{2}} , 1 5 2 1^{\frac{5}{2}} , 2 5 2 2^{\frac{5}{2}} , 3 5 2 3^{\frac{5}{2}} and so on

Hence the final term is 9 5 2 9^{\frac{5}{2}} = 3 5 = 243 3^{5 }= 243

James Hadley
May 21, 2014

The series uses the following formula:

(n^2) * \sqrt{n}

Therefore, 1^2 * \sqrt{1} = 1 ... 9^2 * \sqrt{9} = 243

A hint in this is that all numbers that have whole square roots have whole answers (1, 1, 1. 2, 4, 16)

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