You are having a discussion about sequences with your classmate. She insists that the sequence 2, 3, 5, 8, 12 must be either arithmetic or geometric. Is she correct or incorrect? Explain

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She is incorrect. A sequence can be neither arithmetic nor geometric. It can be a combination of the two, or it can be neither.
The bot is actually correct to say it is neither arithmetic nor geometric.
As a matter of fact the sequence can be considered quadratic, since

term(n) = (n^2 - n + 4)/2, where n ∈ N