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What comes next in the sequence: 1, 3, 11, 43,

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There may be more than one solution, but if we take the difference between the numbers of the sequence, we get
3-1, 11-3, 43-11
=2,8,32
which are powers of 2
=2^1, 2^3,2^5
If we believe the next difference is 2^7=128, then the next in the sequence will be 43+128=171
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