document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1153676>Question 1153676</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Select the option for \"?\" that continues the pattern in each question.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3, -6, 12, 4, 20, ?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "13<BR>\n" );
document.write( "14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The other tutor found \"A\" pattern that produces the given sequence of numbers and used that pattern to determine the next number -- which was one of the given answer choices.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "That is all very nice....  But there is no way of knowing that the pattern they found is the \"CORRECT\" pattern.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "And in fact ANY problem like this is invalid if you are required to find a \"right\" answer; ANY next number would make a valid sequence.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Spend as much (or as little) time as you want trying to find a pattern; but realize that any pattern you find might not be \"right\" and might give the \"wrong\" next number.<br><BR>\n" );
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