document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1105555>Question 1105555</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> what is the pattern to these numbers?? how can i figure the next number?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "6046862153455783<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6046862153465602<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6046862153476204<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6046862153483667<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6046862153495836<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6046862153500893<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6046862153510900 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "There is no way of knowing what the pattern is; there is no way you can determine what the next number in the sequence is.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "It looks as if the next number should be something of the form 604686215351??? or maybe 604686215352???.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "However, if you put the number 1 next, or pi, or the square root of 2849034, those numbers will all form valid sequences; so each of those answers is as good as any other.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Without any context, and without any instructions as to what kind of sequence this is supposed to be, there is no way of solving the problem.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "And note that this response is valid for ANY problem of this type -- without any clue as to what kind of sequence the given sequence is, there is no way of knowing what the next number will be -- so ANY next number is a valid answer. </SPAN>\n" );
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