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What is the next number in the sequence 2 5 11 20 32?

Updated: 8/20/2019
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Given ANY number is it easy to find a polynomial of order 5 that will fit the five given numbers and the selected sixth.

However, the simplest polynomial to fit the above numbers is

Un = (3n2 - 3n + 4)/2 for n = 1, 2, 3, ...

Accordingly, the next number is 47.

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