What are the numbers that come next in these sequences: 3,3,6,9,15,24?
1 Answer
Apr 23, 2016
#a_n = 3F_n = (3(phi^n - (-phi)^(-n)))/sqrt(5)#
Explanation:
This is
Each term is the sum of the two previous terms, but starting with
The standard Fibonnaci sequence starts:
#1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377, 610, 987,...#
The terms of the Fibonacci sequence can be defined iteratively as:
#F_1 = 1#
#F_2 = 1#
#F_(n+2) = F_n + F_(n+1)#
The general term can also be expressed by a formula:
#F_n = (phi^n - (-phi)^(-n))/sqrt(5)#
where
So the formula for a term of our example sequence can be written:
#a_n = 3F_n = (3(phi^n - (-phi)^(-n)))/sqrt(5)#