Question

What is the pattern in the values as the exponents increase?

Answer 1

"multiply the previous value by 3"

Explanation:

We can easily see the pattern if we look at the 2nd, 3rd, 4th terms.

• What makes 1 into 3? Of course, multiplying 1 by 3 gives us 3.
• What makes 3 into 9? Same, multiplying 3 by 3 gives us 9.

Now, we can see 1st and 2nd terms (which wasn't that apparent for some). Does multiplying 1/3 by 3 give us 1? INDEED, it does!

So the rule is "multiplying the previous term by 3".