Re: number sequence

On 30 Aug 2005 16:32:04 -0700, "Russ" <rwpatterson@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>Hi:
>
>How should I go about trying to determine the equation that results in
>a number sequence like this:


These questions are psychology questions NOT math questions.
There are infinitely many answers ---each is correct mathematically as
any other. The "correct" answer is the one the questioner expects to
see. Usually the one that is the "most common " response .

>2, 6, 22, 86, 342...
>
>I see the difference between each term is a power of 2 but am stuck on
>how to determine equation. e.g. difference between 86 and 342 is 2^8.
>
>thanks,
>russ
>

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