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In this worksheet, you must find the function which turns all the inputs into their outputs.

 

Example:

Input   Output
3
 
 
25
5
 
 
35
6
 
 
40
8
 
 
50

 

We want to find the two operations which took 3 to 25, 5 to 35 etc.


This demands some detective work, but looking at the outputs, we see that they are all multiples of 5.


This suggests that the second operation was ×5.


Now go backwards:


25÷5 = 5
35÷5 = 7
40÷5 = 8
50÷5 = 10


Notice that these are all 2 more than input.


The function is therefore  x → (x+2) × 5

 

Answer:

(x+2) × 5

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