document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1143158>Question 1143158</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> what is the next number in the sequence below?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5,3,9,13,23 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Any number you want....<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "All problems like this are invalid.  Any number next would make a valid sequence.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "If there is nothing in the statement of the problem about what kind of sequence it is, then there can be no \"right\" answer.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "In every problem like this, there are many possible patterns that produce the given sequence of numbers; the different patterns can produce very different next numbers.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Spend as much (or as little!) time as you want trying to find a logical pattern to the given numbers -- knowing that any answer you find might not be the \"right\" answer. </SPAN>\n" );
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