document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1189041>Question 1189041</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> which number extends the series?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "First Series: what's the next number?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7,9,14,23,37,60=?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Second Series:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8,16,24,38,62,100=?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Third Series:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4,7,15,29,59,117=? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "In all three of these examples, as in EVERY OTHER SIMILAR EXAMPLE, the is NO WAY to know the \"right\" answers.  In all such problems, ANY next number forms a valid sequence.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "For a problem like this to be valid, a description of what type of sequence it is must be provided in order to have a chance of determining the correct next number.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Spend as much -- or as little -- time as you want trying to find a logical pattern in the numbers that are shown to predict the next number in each sequence, knowing that any answer you come up with might not be \"right\".<br><BR>\n" );
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