document.write( "Question 1060256: What is the next number in the following sequence? Please help explain. \r
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document.write( "6, 14, 23, 30, 32, 26\r\n" );
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document.write( "Write the numbers in a column.\r\n" );
document.write( "Then subtract each number from the number \r\n" );
document.write( "just beneath it and put that number out\r\n" );
document.write( "to the right beside it in a new column.  \r\n" );
document.write( "Then do the same with that new column.  \r\n" );
document.write( "Continue making columns of differences \r\n" );
document.write( "until you get to a column which contains \r\n" );
document.write( "all the same number.\r\n" );
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document.write( " 6   8   1  -3\r\n" );
document.write( "14   9  -2  -3\r\n" );
document.write( "23   7  -5  -3\r\n" );
document.write( "30   2  -8\r\n" );
document.write( "32  -6\r\n" );
document.write( "26\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then place that same number at the bottom of that column,\r\n" );
document.write( "and work backwards from right to left by adding the number \r\n" );
document.write( "to the one just left of it, and placing the sum underneath \r\n" );
document.write( "the number just left of it.  Like these red numbers:\r\n" );
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document.write( " 6   8   1  -3\r\n" );
document.write( "14   9  -2  -3\r\n" );
document.write( "23   7  -5  -3\r\n" );
document.write( "30   2  -8  -3\r\n" );
document.write( "32  -6 -11 \r\n" );
document.write( "26 -17\r\n" );
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document.write( "The answer is 9.\r\n" );
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