Sequence

Logic Level 2

6 , 14 , 36 , 98 , 276 , . . . \large 6, 14, 36, 98, 276, ...

  1. What is the next number in the sequence above?
  2. What is the formula of the sequence?


The answer is 794.

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2 solutions

Áron Bán-Szabó
Jul 15, 2017

This is a quite complicate solution, but I think it can be traced back to @Anirudh Sreekumar solution (the answer is the same)

6 14 = 6 3 4 36 = 14 3 6 98 = 36 3 10 276 = 98 3 18 794 = 276 3 34 \begin{aligned} \color{#D61F06} 6 & \\ \color{#3D99F6} 14 \color{#333333} & = \color{#D61F06} 6 \color{#333333} *3 - \color{#20A900} 4 \\ \color{#D61F06} 36 \color{#333333} & = \color{#3D99F6} 14 \color{#333333} *3 - \color{#20A900} 6 \\ \color{#3D99F6} 98 \color{#333333} & = \color{#D61F06} 36 \color{#333333} *3 - \color{#20A900} 10 \\ \color{#D61F06} 276 \color{#333333} & = \color{#3D99F6} 98 \color{#333333} *3 - \color{#20A900} 18 \\ \color{#3D99F6} \boxed{794} \color{#333333} & = \color{#D61F06} 276 \color{#333333} *3 - \color{#20A900} 34 \end{aligned}

\color{#333333} The regularity between the green numbers:

6 = 4 2 1 10 = 6 2 2 18 = 10 2 3 34 = 18 2 4 \begin{aligned} -6 & = -4-2^1 \\ -10 & = -6-2^2 \\ -18 & = -10-2^3 \\ -34 & = -18-2^4 \end{aligned}

The given sequence is 1 n + 2 n + 3 n 1^n+2^n+3^n

The next number occurs at n = 6 n=6 and is equal to 1 6 + 2 6 + 3 6 = 794 1^6+2^6+3^6=794

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