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20 Questions Type Puzzel
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RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel
(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
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RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by Jenny A - January 20, 2015 at 9:57 pm
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RE: 20 Questions Type Puzzel - by Jenny A - January 22, 2015 at 11:44 am
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