document.write( "Question 1041784: The following letters represent a series. What letter do you think comes next?
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I, O, V, F, X, T, L, F, M, _
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document.write( "   The Roman numeral for 1 is I. \r\n" );
document.write( "     and \"one\" starts with an O.\r\n" );
document.write( "   The Roman numeral for 5 is V. \r\n" );
document.write( "    and \"five\" starts with an F.\r\n" );
document.write( "  The Roman numeral for 10 is X. \r\n" );
document.write( "      and \"ten\" starts with a T.\r\n" );
document.write( "  The Roman numeral for 50 is L. \r\n" );
document.write( "   and \"fifty\" starts with an F.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The Roman numeral for 1000 is M. \r\n" );
document.write( " and \"thousand\" starts with a T.\r\n" );
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document.write( "But I can't help but wonder why they skipped C for 100,\r\n" );
document.write( "and went from L for 50 all the way to M for 1000.\r\n" );
document.write( "They were in order of the letters used I,V,X,L, but next\r\n" );
document.write( "should have been C followed by H.  But they skipped those.\r\n" );
document.write( "That's why I left those two rows blank.  They should be\r\n" );
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document.write( " The Roman numeral for 100 is C. \r\n" );
document.write( " and \"hundred\" starts with an H.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Oh well!\r\n" );
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