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Algebra Difficulty 1.4 Junior Find the answer Canada

In the sequence $1, 3, 4, 7,
$\ldots$ , each number beginning with the 4$ is the sum of the two numbers before
it. This means that the next number in the sequence is $4+7=11$ . The smallest number greater than
$100$ that appears in the sequence
is

Pick one

Solution

Continuing the sequence, we get $1$ , $3$ , $4$ , $7$ , $11$ , $18$ , $29$ , $47$ , $76$ , $123$ , and so the smallest number greater
than $100$ that appears in the
sequence is $123$ .

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