Homework Help: math

Posted by noah on Saturday, December 1, 2012 at 11:31pm.

What is the rule for this function?
Input 1 output 3
Input 2 output 5
Input 4 output 9
Input 5 output 11
Input 10 output 21
Input 12 output 25
Please help thanks

math - Reiny, Sunday, December 2, 2012 at 12:02am
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math - Bosnian, Sunday, December 2, 2012 at 12:03am
an = 2 * n + 1

For n = 1

a1 = 2 * 1 + 1 = 2 + 1 = 3

For n = 2

a2 = 2 * 2 + 1 = 4 + 1 = 5

etc.

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