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Thursday, September 9, 2010

Sequences Always Come in Handy!

There are a couple different things you would need to understand about sequences.
What are they? Sequences are arrangements in whuch things follow a logical order or in a recurrent pattern. Does math have these types of things in there? Yes, there are different types of sequences.
What types of sequences are there? Well, there is the Arithmetic Sequence, Geometric Sequence, Common Ratio, Coomon Dikfference, and the Finite Differences.
What do they all mean? An Arithmetic Squence is when each number is obtained from the previous number in the sequence by adding a selected number (either positive or negative) This number is known as the common difference. A Geometric Sequence is when each number is obtained by multiplying the previous term by a number. This multiplier is called the common ratio. You can also find the pattern, sometimes, in a set of numbers by looking at the differences between the consecutive terms. This methid is called the finite difference.

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