document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=617946>Question 617946</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> What comes next?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "41.45, 41.5,42,18.23,18.2,18,73.09 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "for the first three numbers, each successive number is the sum of the previous number plus the addition of its lowest significant digit (41.45 + 0.5 = 41.5) (41.5 + 0.5 = 42)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "For the next three numbers, the successive number is the previous number minus the previous lowest significant digit (18.23 - 0.03 = 18.2) (18.2 - 0.2 = 18)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So if the pattern is alternating between those two patterns, the next number would be (73.09 + 0.09 = 73.18)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If the pattern stays with subtraction, then 73 (73.09 - 0.09 = 73) </SPAN>\n" );
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