Practice 1-1 Patterns and Inductive Reasoning
Practice 1-1 Patterns and Inductive Reasoning
1. 17, 23, 29, 35, 41, . . . 47, 53 2. 1.01, 1.001, 1.0001, . . . 1.00001, 1.00001
3. 12, 14, 18, 24, 32, . . . 42, 54 4. 2, -4, 8, -16, 32, . . . -64, 128
5. 1, 2, 4, 7, 11, 16, . . . 22, 29 6. 32, 48, 56, 60, 62, 63, . . . 63.5, 63.75
11. D, E, F, D or G 12. A, Z, B, Y or A
13. ___________________
14. ___________________
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17. Using inductive reasoning, write a formula for the number of handshakes if
the number of people
is n. h = n(n-1)
2
18. What is the ninth term in the pattern? The ninth term in the pattern is 34.
Why? Because the next number is found by adding up the two numbers before it.
Example: the next number in the sequence above is 21+34 = 55.
19. Using your calculator, look at the successive ratios of one term to the next.
Make a conjecture.
8/5 = 1.6
13/8 = 1.625
21/13 = 1.615384615
34/21 = 1.619047619
conclusion:
the ratio = (1 + sqrt(5))/2 approximately
20. List the first eight terms of the sequence formed by finding the differences of
successive terms in the Fibonacci sequence.
These are the first eight terms of the sequence formed of Fibonacci sequence :
0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13