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kaskusid

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Registered: 2009-12-10

Posts: 4

help me

1,2,3,2,1,2,3,4,2,1,2,3,4,3,2,...

kaskusid

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Registered: 2009-12-10

Posts: 4

Re: help me

can you?

bobbym

bumpkin

From: Bumpkinland

Registered: 2009-04-12

Posts: 109,606

Re: help me

Hi kaskusid;

Have been looking at your problem, can you provide a little bit more of a clue?

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phrontister

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From: The Land of Tomorrow

Registered: 2009-07-12

Posts: 4,818

Re: help me

Hi Bobby,

From the thread title it looks as if we're being asked to provide the clue.

Anyway, I know this one...and it's not too easy to spot!

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1a2b3c2212

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Registered: 2009-04-04

Posts: 419

Re: help me

is it 1,2,3,2,1,2,3,4,2,1,2,3,4,3,2,1,2,3,4,3,2,2,1?

bobbym

bumpkin

From: Bumpkinland

Registered: 2009-04-12

Posts: 109,606

Re: help me

Hi all;

This is how the sequence goes...

1, 2, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, 3, 4, 5, 3, 2, 3, 4, 5, 4, 3, 4, 5, 6, 4, 3, 4, 5, 6, 5, 4, 5....

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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

phrontister

Real Member

From: The Land of Tomorrow

Registered: 2009-07-12

Posts: 4,818

Re: help me

Some more Qs:
1. What is the first double-digit answer?
2. What does that answer represent?
3. What is the representation's conversion?

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"The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do." - Ted Nelson