Thursday, August 28, 2008

what is the next term?

For the following, find the next term in the series 0, 5, 8, 17 ?

6 comments:

Kutekallan said...

the next term is 32...
the series is 0 5 8 17 32
2^2 +1
2^3
2^4 +1
2^5....

Unknown said...

the next term is 24
series 0 5 8 17 24......
0 == 1^2 - 1
5 == 2^2 + 1
8 == 3^2 - 1
17 == 4^2 + 1
24 == 5^2 - 1

vivek said...

it s obviously 24..the logic prasaana said s absolutely correct

Anonymous said...

the answer is 24 after that 37... what prasanna said s absolutely its correct...

Unknown said...

ans is 24
0
1^2-1=0
2^2+1=5
3^2-1=8
4^2+1=17
5^2-1=24
...

Unknown said...

the next term is 24