SOLUTION: 2. Describe the pattern in the numbers. Write the next number in the pattern. a. 4, 3, 1, 22, . . . b. 1, 2/3, 1/3, 0, ... c. 5, 2, 4, 13, . . .

Question 1198268: 2. Describe the pattern in the numbers. Write the next number in the pattern.
a. 4, 3, 1, 22, . . .
b. 1, 2/3, 1/3, 0, ...
c. 5, 2, 4, 13, . . .

Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

ALL problems like this can't be answered definitively. In any given sequence of numbers like these, ANY number next will make a valid sequence -- so it is impossible to know the "right" answer to any such problem.

Your second example shows a simple pattern which MIGHT lead to a correct answer -- although there would be no way to know if it was right.

The other two examples show no obvious pattern, so "solving" them is no more than a guessing game.

Spend as much (or as little!) time as you want looking for possible answers....

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