Use Inductive Reasoning to Find a Pattern, and Then Make

question 14

Multiple Choice

Use inductive reasoning to find a pattern, and then make a reasonable conjecture for the next number in the
Sequence.

• A)34
• B)36
• C)26
• D)28

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