DATE PERIOD 2-1 Inductive Reasoning and Conjecture Make a conjecture about the next item in each sequence: 116, 4, 11, 7 1. 3, -1, -2, 4, 8 2. 4, 12, 6, 3, 15, 0.75 3. 25, -10, 15, -20
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For the sequence 1, 1, 6, 4, we can see that the pattern is to alternate between adding 5 and subtracting 2. Therefore, the next number in the sequence would be 9. Show more…
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