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Pattern:

Consider the sequence given by a "plus 8" pattern: 2, 10, 18, 26, ....Sue says
that the formula for the sequence is f(n) = 8n + 2.
Marcus tells Sue that she is wrong because the formula for the sequence is f(n)
= 8n - 6.
Who is correct and why?

1 Answer

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Answer:

Sue is correct

Explanation:

because of the simple fact that the numbers are increasing and not decreasing so why would they do 8n-6

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