document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1104769>Question 1104769</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I need to find the missing number in this sequence\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "16, 06, 68, 88, [blank], 98 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "There is no way to know the right answer to ANY problem like this.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "You can put any number you want in the blank, and it will as good an answer as any other.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "If there is some context in a problem like this that gives us an indication of what kind of sequence this is, then we might be able to find an answer that is PROBABLY  right; but even then we can't be sure.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "And as I was typing that and staring at the given numbers, I spotted what the likely pattern is for the given numbers: rotated 180 degrees, the numbers are<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( " 91, 90, 89, 88, (blank), 86<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So quite possibly what goes in the blank is the number \"87\" rotated 180 degrees -- but that does not give us a number.... </SPAN>\n" );
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