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What name is given to the sequence 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21...?
Answer
Fibonacci sequence
The Fibonacci sequence is formed by adding the two previous numbers to get the next one. It appears throughout nature in flower petals, spiral shells, and pine cones.
💡 Did you know?
Leonardo Fibonacci introduced this sequence to Western Europe in 1202 through a problem about rabbit breeding.
Other options people guess
- Pascal sequence
- Euler sequence
- Pythagorean sequence
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