SOLUTION: Hi , ive been stuck on this problem I've found online and I just can't crack it. I was given a sequence : 8,0,8,16,24,16,1, -whats the next number? The awnser to this is 40, but

Question 1079633: Hi , ive been stuck on this problem I've found online and I just can't crack it.
I was given a sequence :
8,0,8,16,24,16,1, -whats the next number?
The awnser to this is 40, but Im clueless as to why . I would be verry happy if you could help me with this.
Thank you !
Hadar
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Nobody's going to be able to figure out how to get 40.  Sorry.
This type problem is unfair, because there are millions of
possible patterns.  There is no rule for getting the pattern. 

This site

https://oeis.org/

has thousands and thousands of integer sequences with patterns.
There is no end to them, and no general way to figure out
patterns.  Who gave you such an unfair problem?

Edwin

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