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What is the (n)th term of the sequence (2,8,18,32,\ldots)?

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: (2n^2)

The sequence is not arithmetic because its differences are 6, 10, and 14, which are not constant. Instead, compare each term with the square of its position: the first term is 2 times \(1^2\), the second is 2 times \(2^2\), the third is 2 times \(3^2\), and the fourth is 2 times \(4^2\). This reveals the general pattern.

Thus the nth term is \(a_n=2n^2\). Checking the formula gives \(2(1)^2=2\), \(2(2)^2=8\), \(2(3)^2=18\), and \(2(4)^2=32\), exactly matching the given terms. Therefore, option A is correct. The linear choices cannot produce the increasing changes seen in this sequence.

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SequencesProgressionsNth-TermQuadratic-Pattern

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