Question

Find the general term of the sequence (3,5,9,17,33) then, find the next term.

Answer 1

consider the sequence of powers of 2:
2,4,8,16,32, ...
Is it clear now?

Answer 2

Yes! Thank you.

Answer 3

clever !

Answer 4

General term is given by (2^n)+1 where n=0,1,2,3,...