Question

Complete the conjecture that describes the pattern in the sequence:-4,-1, 2, 5, 8Pattern: "Each number is................more the previous number."

Answer 1

"Each number is 3 units more than the previous number."

1) Examining the given sequence:

-4 +3 =-1

-1+3 =2

2 +3 =5

And so on.

2) So what we have here is an increasing Arithmetic Sequence. The common ratio is 3 units.

"Each number is 3 units more than the previous number."