We have been given the sequence 2,3,5,9,17.
We can write the terms of this sequence as
From the above term we can see that for the first term we take exponent 0 on 2 and then add 1 .
For second term we take exponent 1 on 2 and then add 1 .
For third term we take exponent 2 on 2 and then add 1 .
Using this fact for the next term of the sequence i.e. 6th term, we can take exponent 5 on 2 and then add 1 .
Therefore, next term of the sequence is given by
Therefore, the next term is 33.
Using the above facts, the pattern is given by
For any circle with Cartesian equation
,
we have that the centre of the circle is
, and the radius of the circle is
.
So in the case that
,
we essentially have that
.
So the centre of the circle is
, and the radius is
.
9 / 5/8 =
9/1 / 5/8 =
9/1 * 8/5 = 72/5 = 14 2/5