Find the nth term of this quadratic sequence -1,8,23,44,71,104

Difference between each term :_

9 15 21 27 33
second difference:-
6 6 6 6
Dividing this by 2  = 3
so first part of nth term is 3n^2
Substituting n into 3n^2 :-
= 3  12  27  48 75
Now take these values from the original numbers:-
-4 -4 -4 -4 -4 

So the required nth term is 3n^2 - 4

Okay

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