Question 1143617: Complete the sequence of following number?
7/8,2/3,1/2,4/11,1/4,__,__
Answer by greenestamps(13200)   (Show Source):
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In ANY problem like this, it is impossible to know the "right" answer.
You could put any numbers next and it would be a valid sequence.
Unless a problem like this says something about what kind of sequence it is, finding "the" solution is purely a matter of guessing.
So any problem like this is not a valid question.
If you can see a logical pattern in the given numbers, then it is possible to GUESS what the answer is. But it is impossible to know if that answer is "right".
In this example, a probable solution can be found by rewriting some of the fractions as equivalent fractions:
7/8, 6/9, 5/10, 4/11, 3/12, ...
Then continuing the pattern gives us
7/8, 6/9, 5/10, 4/11, 3/12, 2/13, 1/14
Still, despite the clear pattern, we can't KNOW that this is the answer....
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