Can anyone finish these pattern sequences: O,T,T,F,F,S,_,_,_,_,_,_,... & JKLMNO, JKLOMN, JKOLMN, ___,___,...?

Question

This is for a class, and the professor does NOT have the key to the problems. These are the only two that I can not figure out, and it would be great if anyone has any ideas. Plus, if I could figure out the second one it would make me one step ahead of the professor because she can't figure it out. I still have a few days before I have to turn it in, and have already been working on it for 2 days. Any ideas, comments, suggestions would be greatly appreciated. THANK YOU

Answer 1

I know the first pattern.
o,t,t,f,f,s,S,E,N,T,E,T
It's the first letter of all the numbers starting with one, two, three, four,...

The second pattern I might guess would be move the O back two spaces then move one space back, then repeat.
JKLMNO, JKLOMN, JKOLMN, OJKLMN, JKLMON, JKOLMN, ...
The second one I'm not sure about because there are only three starting terms to work with. It's hard to see the real pattern with that little to work with.

Hope this helps. Good luck.

Answer 2

The answer to the first one is S, E, N, T, not 7-8-9-10 since you want the first letter of the number.

In the second sequence, we don't really have enough to definitively answer, so you can sort of make up your own rule, as long as it fits. I say the rule is, "every other time, move the end letter in two spots, then switch it with the letter to its left. So therefore the sequence would be:

JKLMNO JKLOMN JKOLMN JKONLM JKNOLM JKNMOL JKMNOL etc.

O is not moving one step backward in the line each time, since it moved two places the first time, unless you left out one of the sequence items.

Good luck!

Answer 3

First one is:

following S, it goes X,X,I,I,W

Simply put (+5, -10 )
from starting letter O (+5 = T, Repeat, (O-10 = F, Repeat, then S) the letter S in now your starting point so you go +5 in the alphabet from the letter S, this is your next letter, then repeat the letter, then from the letter S go backwards 10 positions in the alphabet this is the next letter, then repeat it, the last letter is 1 letter backwards from the second letter in the sequence.

S +5 spaces = X, X
S - 10 spaces = I, I
X -1 = W

Second one:
JOKLMN, OJKLMN

The letter "O" moves 1 position backwards in the line in each sequence.

Answer 4

7,8,9,10