SOLUTION: Complete the sequence of following number? 7/8,2/3,1/2,4/11,1/4,__,__

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Question 1143617: Complete the sequence of following number?
7/8,2/3,1/2,4/11,1/4,__,__
Answer by greenestamps(13200)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


In ANY problem like this, it is impossible to know the "right" answer.

You could put any numbers next and it would be a valid sequence.

Unless a problem like this says something about what kind of sequence it is, finding "the" solution is purely a matter of guessing.

So any problem like this is not a valid question.

If you can see a logical pattern in the given numbers, then it is possible to GUESS what the answer is. But it is impossible to know if that answer is "right".

In this example, a probable solution can be found by rewriting some of the fractions as equivalent fractions:

7/8, 6/9, 5/10, 4/11, 3/12, ...

Then continuing the pattern gives us

7/8, 6/9, 5/10, 4/11, 3/12, 2/13, 1/14

Still, despite the clear pattern, we can't KNOW that this is the answer....
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