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Tricky Number Sequence Puzzle
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Tricky Number Sequence Puzzle
7, 7, 5, 1, 2, 4, 8, ?

What's the answer? And, also, provide an explanation for how one arrives at it.
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#2
RE: Tricky Number Sequence Puzzle
Negative 20?

7-7 is zero and subtracting anything after that would bring one into the negative range, correct?
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RE: Tricky Number Sequence Puzzle
(January 18, 2015 at 12:17 am)Sionnach Wrote: Negative 20?

7-7 is zero and subtracting anything after that would bring one into the negative range, correct?

Sorry, forgot to include the possible options. One of them only is correct.

1
0
7
3

No negative numbers there. So that can't be it.
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RE: Tricky Number Sequence Puzzle
But there's no = in the end, so the - is probably not a minus sign
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RE: Tricky Number Sequence Puzzle
Zero, then xD

Wait, are those dashes subtraction signs?
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RE: Tricky Number Sequence Puzzle
(January 18, 2015 at 12:24 am)Alex K Wrote: But there's no = in the end, so the - is probably not a minus sign

Yes, that's just a dash! No minus signs.

Just replaced the dashes with commas.
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RE: Tricky Number Sequence Puzzle
I honestly don't know, so I'm just going to take a wild guess and choose 7.
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RE: Tricky Number Sequence Puzzle
(January 18, 2015 at 12:12 am)Irrational Wrote: 7, 7, 5, 1, 2, 4, 8, ?

What's the answer? And, also, provide an explanation for how one arrives at it.

Just to be clear, by answer you mean the next number in the sequence and you'd like the method for producing the sequence?


(Don't have a clue so far but I'll sleep on it.)
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RE: Tricky Number Sequence Puzzle
How about a mirror image of the amount of letters in each number 7(5)-7(5)-5(4)-1(3)-and now the mirror-2(3)-4(4)-8(5)-given the options-7 or 3. No, you wouldn't give two options as the right answer.
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RE: Tricky Number Sequence Puzzle
(January 18, 2015 at 12:42 am)whateverist Wrote:
(January 18, 2015 at 12:12 am)Irrational Wrote: 7, 7, 5, 1, 2, 4, 8, ?

What's the answer? And, also, provide an explanation for how one arrives at it.

Just to be clear, by answer you mean the next number in the sequence and you'd like the method for producing the sequence?


(Don't have a clue so far but I'll sleep on it.)

Yes, next number in sequence and the explanation for how the sequence is produced.

(January 18, 2015 at 12:50 am)Exian Wrote: How about a mirror image of the amount of letters in each number 7(5)-7(5)-5(4)-1(3)-and now the mirror-2(3)-4(4)-8(5)-given the options-7 or 3. No, you wouldn't give two options as the right answer.

There's only one correct answer according to the puzzle.
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