Number pattern problem

Question

I need some help to figure out the following number pattern:

Find the next number in the following sequence: $3, 2, 3, 12, 35, 78$.

I tired to figure out the difference by add/subtract/multiple/division also tried to find the existing known pattern still could not work it out.

According to OEIS, this sequence is not listed. – Euler....IS_ALIVE Nov 06 '13 at 04:34 — Euler....IS_ALIVE, Nov 06 '13 at 04:34

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 06 '13 at 04:40

2

According to the Online Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, this is the first 6 values of $n$ of the sequence $n^3 - 5n^2 + 7n$

answered Nov 06 '13 at 04:40

Euler....IS_ALIVE

score -2 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 06 '13 at 05:13

-2

183, because I say so.

(This makes it more than 30 characters, so there!)

answered Nov 06 '13 at 05:13

marty cohen

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