SOLUTION: I need to find the solution for the following sequence: 2,3,4,7,8,11,?

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Question 1152504: I need to find the solution for the following sequence:
2,3,4,7,8,11,?
Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, greenestamps:
Answer by ikleyn(52788) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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You can place  ANY  number instead of the question mark,

        for example,  -2,  84,  127.33,  sqrt%283%29,  e%5Epi  or  pi%5Ee.

Without a context,  every such problem/question has no any mathematical sense

and is simply a way to kill your time for nothing,  without any compensation.


So,  you better think how to spend your time in more useful/productive way.


Have a nice  day / evening / night / morning / afternoon and tea time  (!)



Answer by greenestamps(13200) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!


As tutor @ikleyn says in her response, it is impossible to find THE answer to any problem like this, because ANY next number makes a valid sequence.

So any time spent trying to find an answer is ultimately a waste of time, because it is impossible to know what the "right" answer is.

Spend a few moments, if you want to, looking for some simple pattern; but any more than that is pointless.

In this case, if you split the given sequence into two intertwined sequences, you can see what a POSSIBLE answer is:
  2   4   8   ?
    3   7   11   ?