document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=982069>Question 982069</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The number of the sequence is 17, If the second number is 3, what is the first number? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #602943 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><B>KMST(5328)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=KMST><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=602943\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> This problem keeps being posted with the same exact wording.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "No one will ever solve it because the wording has a typo that makes it meaningless.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The phrase \"the number of the sequence\" has no meaning at all.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If the wording was \"the fifth number of the sequence\" (or something like that),<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and it was stated that it was an arithmetic sequence (or a geometric sequence),<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then the problem would have meaning.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If the problem has no other words except what you posted,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "there is nothing anyone can do about it. </SPAN>\n" );
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