How do you find the following terms in a sequence?

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To find the following terms in a sequence, use the rule to calculate however many more terms you are asked for.

For example, if you are given the sequence 3, 7, 11, 15 and find the nth term rule is 4n-1, the following terms would be 19, 23, 27, and so on

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