Question

What would Excel predict as additional entries if the first two cells had the following data: -1, -5? (1 point) -6, −7, -8 −9, −13, −17 -4, -3, -2 −1, 3, 7

Answer 1

If you enter the numbers -1 and -5 into Excel and use the fill handle to predict additional entries, Excel will typically look for a pattern in the existing data.

In this case:
- The difference between -1 and -5 is -4.
- If we continue this pattern, we would subtract 4 from -5 to get the next value: -5 - 4 = -9.
- Continuing this, we subtract 4 again to get -9 - 4 = -13.

Using this logic, the next few predicted values would be -9, -13, -17, following the pattern of subtracting 4.

So out of the provided options, the correct option would be **-9, -13, -17**.