The terms of a sequence are given by this equation where each term is found from the two preceding terms.
.For example if the first two terms are 2 and 5 then the next term is (1+5)/2=3 and the sequence is
2, 5, 3, 4/5, 3/5, 2, 5, … etc.
Investigate the sequences you get when you choose your own first two terms. What happens to your sequences?
Make a conjecture about the behaviour of sequences given by this rule.
Can you prove your conjecture?
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This problem is adapted from the NRICH task Loopy with permission of the University of Cambridge. All rights reserved.
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The activities encourage critical thinking, I can’t miss to try them out in my Mathematics classes. Thanks Toni!
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