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mattian
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Complete/Find_the_significance of the sequence
« on: Aug 5th, 2004, 6:41am » |
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1, 2, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4, ...
What are the next two elements in the sequence?
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Re: Complete/Find_the_significance of the sequence
« Reply #1 on: Aug 5th, 2004, 6:46am » |
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I'm going to complete the sequence in the following way:
:: 1, 2, 3, 6...::
That works because :: it has 1, 2, 3, followed by a number growing by 2 every time (2, 4, 6, etc.)::
the problem with a sequence like this is there are many, many answers which COULD fit, but only one which the author is seeking.
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Re: Complete/Find_the_significance of the sequence
« Reply #2 on: Aug 5th, 2004, 6:53am » |
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This is true - but let me throw a spanner in the works and give you more elements.
1, 2, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 3, ...
Now find the next two.
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Re: Complete/Find_the_significance of the sequence
« Reply #3 on: Aug 9th, 2004, 9:03pm » |
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"1, 2, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 3, ...
Now find the next two."
Next two are 2,3.
Is this an old Roman puzzle?
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Re: Complete/Find_the_significance of the sequence
« Reply #4 on: Aug 10th, 2004, 6:46am » |
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Nice. Well done.
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