2, . . . .THE SEQUENCE 2, 3, 2, 3, . . .
1, 2, . . . .the sequence 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, . . . ?”Notice that the first two terms of the sequence,1 and 2, have come back again! This means thatAn SAT sequence question usually gives youthe first six terms in the sequence, the underlinedthe first few terms of a sequence or the rule forones, will just repeat over and over again. Therefore,generating the sequence, and then asks you ei-in the first 218 terms, this six-term pattern will repeatther to find a specific termin the sequence (as218 6 36÷ =
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times, or 36 with a remainder of 2. So,in “What is the 59th term of this sequence?”)the 218th term will be the same as the second term inor to analyze a subset of the sequence (as inthe sequence, which is 2. “What is the sum of the first 36 terms of this se-Example:quence?”). To tackle sequence problems: