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it sounds like you are looking for a series equation. To break it down into steps: the first term (when n=0, if I may make that assumption) is 2, the second term (when n=1) is 2.5, the third term (when n=2) is 3...

The tricky part is predicting the pattern. Assuming the pattern is that each term is .5 greater than the previous, one quick answer can be

x = 2 + (n * 0.5), so that when you pick an "n" (like the "5"th term when n=4 {please don't dislike me for using cardinal and ordinal}) solving for x gives you the value of the term (in this example x = 4).

The next tricky part is that there is almost always more than one way to express the equation (or the question, for that matter). N can start anywhere, it didn't have to start at 0, but it make some of my assumptions easier.

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