numbers sequence 10-29-2011

Numbers Sequence game for 10-29-201, our Halloween version!

Guess the next number in this sequence of numbers.

Give up? Visit http://mathtricks.org for the answers.

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Gaming

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• number game
• number sequence
• next number game
• math tricks
• sequencing numbers
• fun number game
• guessing numbers

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f(1)=0

and

f(n)=4*f(n-1)+13

for every n positive integer from 2 till infinity

the 8th number shown here is 70993,

so the next (9th) number is f(9)=4*70993+13=283985

[hapybrian]

Ah! How can one figure this out?

I said f(1) = 0, and f(2) = 13. Then,

f(n) = f(n-2) + f(n-1) * (8 - n) which worked for the n= 3 and n =4... then fails.

I read the answer on your website, but am wondering what a general method for determining the solution is... Fun stuff!