document.write( "Question 1166727: Hello, I'm having a hard time finding the sequence of this number pattern. Please help me. Thank you in advance 😊\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "5*4 = 17
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\n" ); document.write( "9*6 = __\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Note: My teacher told me that the asterisk (*) can be any operation.
\n" ); document.write( "Edit: I have written in my first question that 5*4=14, but it's actually 17 and not 14. Sorry. \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "I notice that in all four cases, that the second number is even.\r\n" );
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document.write( "input #1   Input #2    Output\r\n" );
document.write( "   5          4          17\r\n" );
document.write( "   6          8          22\r\n" );
document.write( "   2          8          10\r\n" );
document.write( "   9          6           ?\r\n" );
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document.write( "What we can do with even numbers, that we can't do with odd numbers,\r\n" );
document.write( "is to take half of them and get a whole number.  So let's take half\r\n" );
document.write( "of them and see if that helps:\r\n" );
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document.write( "            Half of\r\n" );
document.write( "input #1   Input #2   Output\r\n" );
document.write( "   5          2          17\r\n" );
document.write( "   6          4          22\r\n" );
document.write( "   2          4          10\r\n" );
document.write( "   9          3           ?\r\n" );
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document.write( "Aha, I see that if I subtract half of input #2 from the output number,\r\n" );
document.write( "I always get 3 times input #1.  So the simplest pattern is:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply input #1 by 3 \r\n" );
document.write( "Take half of the second input\r\n" );
document.write( "Add them together.\r\n" );
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document.write( "That works in the first 3 cases:\r\n" );
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document.write( "So to find the answer to the fourth case:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply 9 by 3, get 27 \r\n" );
document.write( "Take half of the second input 6, get 3\r\n" );
document.write( "Add them together, 27+3 = 30.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Edwin
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