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20 Questions Type Puzzel
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RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel
January 22, 2015 at 1:12 pm
(January 22, 2015 at 1:05 pm)TRJF Wrote: To bookend, the "other" solution, other than 143, was 165.

2
2*2+2 = 6
6*6+3 = 15
15*2+5 = 35
35*2+7 = 77
77*2+11 = 165

and so on!

How does the first term fit the sequence in this case? There is no natural prime number before 2.
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20 Questions Type Puzzel - by Jenny A - January 20, 2015 at 12:19 am
RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by c172 - January 20, 2015 at 12:20 am
RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by Jenny A - January 20, 2015 at 12:22 am
RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by Exian - January 20, 2015 at 12:26 am
RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by Cyberman - January 20, 2015 at 1:13 am
RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by SteelCurtain - January 20, 2015 at 12:30 am
RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by Jenny A - January 20, 2015 at 12:35 am
RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by c172 - January 20, 2015 at 12:39 am
RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by Exian - January 20, 2015 at 12:40 am
RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by Jenny A - January 20, 2015 at 12:42 am
RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by Angrboda - January 21, 2015 at 9:40 pm
RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by SteelCurtain - January 20, 2015 at 1:15 am
RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by Exian - January 20, 2015 at 1:23 am
RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by Marsellus Wallace - January 20, 2015 at 1:56 am
RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by c172 - January 20, 2015 at 2:12 am
RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by TheRealJoeFish - January 20, 2015 at 2:15 am
RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by Aoi Magi - January 20, 2015 at 2:20 am
RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by TheRealJoeFish - January 20, 2015 at 2:24 am
RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by Aoi Magi - January 20, 2015 at 2:25 am
RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by rexbeccarox - January 20, 2015 at 2:27 am
RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by Marsellus Wallace - January 20, 2015 at 4:31 am
RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by Exian - January 20, 2015 at 2:47 am
RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by TheRealJoeFish - January 20, 2015 at 3:09 am
RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by Grandizer - January 20, 2015 at 1:47 pm
RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by TheRealJoeFish - January 20, 2015 at 2:04 pm
RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by Grandizer - January 20, 2015 at 8:15 pm
RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by Jenny A - January 20, 2015 at 9:57 pm
RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by Exian - January 20, 2015 at 3:19 am
RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by TheRealJoeFish - January 20, 2015 at 10:50 am
RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by Cyberman - January 20, 2015 at 4:28 am
RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by Exian - January 20, 2015 at 5:47 am
RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by Exian - January 20, 2015 at 11:25 am
RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by TheRealJoeFish - January 20, 2015 at 12:54 pm
RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by SteelCurtain - January 20, 2015 at 11:32 am
RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by Jenny A - January 20, 2015 at 11:42 am
RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by Exian - January 20, 2015 at 11:55 am
RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by c172 - January 20, 2015 at 12:26 pm
RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by TheRealJoeFish - January 20, 2015 at 9:55 pm
RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by TheRealJoeFish - January 20, 2015 at 9:58 pm
RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by SteelCurtain - January 20, 2015 at 11:53 pm
RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by IATIA - January 21, 2015 at 12:03 am
RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by Jenny A - January 21, 2015 at 11:20 pm
RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by TheRealJoeFish - January 21, 2015 at 12:36 am
RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by Grandizer - January 21, 2015 at 12:46 am
RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by Aoi Magi - January 21, 2015 at 2:15 am
RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by Grandizer - January 21, 2015 at 2:36 am
RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by IATIA - January 21, 2015 at 8:44 pm
RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by IATIA - January 21, 2015 at 10:26 pm
RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by IATIA - January 22, 2015 at 12:18 am
RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by Grandizer - January 22, 2015 at 8:58 am
RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by Jenny A - January 22, 2015 at 11:44 am
RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by TheRealJoeFish - January 22, 2015 at 1:05 pm
RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by Grandizer - January 22, 2015 at 1:12 pm
RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by TheRealJoeFish - January 22, 2015 at 1:50 pm
RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by Grandizer - January 22, 2015 at 5:52 pm
RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by IATIA - January 22, 2015 at 9:28 pm
RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by Losty - January 22, 2015 at 12:27 am
RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by Sejanus - January 22, 2015 at 12:56 am
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