What is the next number in the series 3,4,7,16 is
I iltorres New member Joined Mar 19, 2014 Messages 1 Mar 19, 2014 #1 What is the next number in the series 3,4,7,16 is Last edited by a moderator: Mar 20, 2014
B Bob Brown MSEE Full Member Joined Oct 25, 2012 Messages 598 Mar 19, 2014 #2 Click Here Last edited by a moderator: Aug 1, 2014
L lookagain Elite Member Joined Aug 22, 2010 Messages 3,251 Mar 19, 2014 #3 iltorres said: What is the next number in the > > series < < 3, 4, 7, 16, ... is Click to expand... It is a sequence. There are an infinite number of possibilities. It could be the one in the quote box right here: Bob Brown MSEE said: Click Here Click to expand... The simplest pattern I can come up with is the following, which shows differences of successive terms in the row below the portion of the sequence: \(\displaystyle 3 \ \ \ \ \ 4 \ \ \ \ \ 7 \ \ \ \ \ 16 \ \ \ \ \ \ ? \) \(\displaystyle \ \ \ 1 \ \ \ \ \ 3 \ \ \ \ \ \ 9 \ \ \ \ \ \ 27 \) 16 + 27 = ? The next number could be 43. Last edited by a moderator: Aug 1, 2014
iltorres said: What is the next number in the > > series < < 3, 4, 7, 16, ... is Click to expand... It is a sequence. There are an infinite number of possibilities. It could be the one in the quote box right here: Bob Brown MSEE said: Click Here Click to expand... The simplest pattern I can come up with is the following, which shows differences of successive terms in the row below the portion of the sequence: \(\displaystyle 3 \ \ \ \ \ 4 \ \ \ \ \ 7 \ \ \ \ \ 16 \ \ \ \ \ \ ? \) \(\displaystyle \ \ \ 1 \ \ \ \ \ 3 \ \ \ \ \ \ 9 \ \ \ \ \ \ 27 \) 16 + 27 = ? The next number could be 43.
