find the eighth term of the sequence

2, 2 1/2, 3, ——

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To find the pattern in the sequence, we can see that each term is increasing by 1/2.

2, 2 1/2, 3, ...

So the eighth term can be found by adding 1/2 to each previous term:

2 + 1/2 = 2 1/2
2 1/2 + 1/2 = 3
3 + 1/2 = 3 1/2
3 1/2 + 1/2 = 4
4 + 1/2 = 4 1/2
4 1/2 + 1/2 = 5
5 + 1/2 = 5 1/2

Therefore, the eighth term of the sequence is 5 1/2.