document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1138571>Question 1138571</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> WHAT THE NEXT NUMBER COMES 3469131824<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I guess it would be 3469131825, if you are counting whole numbers.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Even if you had presented the problem clearly, it still would have been impossible to know what the next number would be.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "In ANY problem like this, where you are asked to find the next number(s) in a sequence, or the missing number(s) in a sequence, it is impossible to know the \"right\" answer, unless there is specific information telling you what kind of sequence it is.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "In other words, given any sequence of numbers, you can put any numbers you want in the missing places and get a valid sequence; and any numbers you choose to put in make an answer to the problem that is equally as valid as some \"right\" answer. </SPAN>\n" );
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