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(a)
To calculate:
The answer for sixth Fibonacci number 8, by performing the following steps.
Square 8 and multiply the terms of the sequence two positions away from 8. Subtract the smaller result from the larger.
(b)
To calculate:
The answer for sixth Fibonacci number 8, by performing the following steps.
Square 8 and multiply the terms of the sequence three positions away from 8. Subtract the smaller result from the larger.
(c)
To calculate:
The answer for sixth Fibonacci number 8 by performing the following steps.
Square 8 and multiply the terms of the sequence four positions away from 8. Subtract the smaller result from the larger.
(d)
To prove: A conjecture for the answer using the above given steps and moving five terms away from the sixth Fibonacci number 8, and then to verify it.
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