2007-02-20 20:48:51 · 5 answers · asked by ilovechocolate4eva 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
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2007-02-20 20:49:13 · update #1
89
The words in that sentence can be translated into numbers by translating each letter to the number it is in the alphabet (a -> 1, b -> 2, ..., z -> 26) and then adding up the numbers corresponding to the letters in each word. Then:
what -> 23 + 8 + 1 + 20 = 52
is -> 9 + 19 = 28
...
this -> 20 + 8 + 9 + 19 = 56
sequence -> 19 + 5 + 17 +21 +5 + 14 + 3 + 5 = 89
2007-02-20 21:00:44 · answer #1 · answered by Phineas Bogg 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If the sequence is not to be rearranged or disturbed in any way, it doesn't seem to have any pattern. If that is allowed, we have
23, 28, 33, 38, 43 ....as one series and
52, 63, 73, 82, 93, 103, 112...as the othe series. See that the pattern is 11,10,10,11,10,10,11..in the second case.
OK, on second thoughts, we can have the combined series this way.
52, 28, 33, 63, 73, 23, 18, 82, 93, 28, 33, 103, 112, ...
See the pattern of an oscilating series (28, 33, 23, 18, 28, ...) is intermeshed with the other increasing series?
2007-02-21 05:10:32 · answer #2 · answered by Swamy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Phineas Bogg is incredible !!!!!!
2007-02-21 05:15:43 · answer #3 · answered by h.hamadto 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i can not find any pattern in the numbers...
sorry..
2007-02-21 04:54:30 · answer #4 · answered by dexter 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-02-21 04:59:45 · answer #5 · answered by supersonic332003 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋