document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1121855>Question 1121855</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 3,-6,12,4,20 ? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "13<BR>\n" );
document.write( "14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "16 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Answer: Any of those choices.  Or any other number.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "You can put any number next and it will be a valid sequence.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The only way to know the \"right\" answer to ANY question like this is to ask the author of the problem what that answer is; or perhaps you can just ask him the rule he used to create the problem and use the rule to find the next number yourself.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Since there is no way to know the right answer to any problem like this, spending any significant amount of time on it is a waste of time.  Spend a few seconds or even a minute, if you want, to see if you can find a pattern which will give you an answer; but you won't be able to tell whether that answer is \"right\". </SPAN>\n" );
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