SOLUTION: What is this pattern 2, ?, ?, 23, ?, 37

Question 1159435: What is this pattern
2, ?, ?, 23, ?, 37

Found 3 solutions by ikleyn, greenestamps, josgarithmetic:
Answer by ikleyn(52788)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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It may mean ANYTHING/everything.

Not a Math question.

Please do not post such messages to this forum.

It has no any relation/relations to Math.

Probably, it is a puzzle (or, probably, not).

Puzzles are not a subject of this forum.

For questions, related to puzzles, PLEASE find another forum.

Thank you very much and have a nice day (!)

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

It is three steps from 2 to 23, a difference of 21 = 3*7; and it is 2 steps from 23 to 37, a difference of 14 = 2*7.

So it MIGHT BE that this is simply an arithmetic sequence with a common difference of 7:

2, 9, 16, 23, 30, 37

However, as tutor @ikleyn said in her response, in ANY question like this you can put ANY numbers in the blanks and it will be a valid sequence.

If the problem asked you to fill in the missing numbers in an arithmetic sequence, then you could solve the problem knowing that your answer was correct.

But when the problem only says "what is the pattern", then you can only guess what the answer is supposed to be.

Answer by josgarithmetic(39617)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
2, 9, 16, 23, 30, 37

If subtract 2 from every term, then the unknown pattern looks like
0, ?, ?, 21, ?, 35
Two recognizable multiples of 7, and first term 0. After the 0, the terms seem to fall in position consecutively of multiples of 7.
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