Question 1164628: 7,16,8,27,9,?
Found 2 solutions by greenestamps, ikleyn:
Answer by greenestamps(13200)   (Show Source):
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Not a valid math question -- just like ANY other problem like this.
ANY next number(s) will form a valid sequence, so it is ALWAYS IMPOSSIBLE to know the "right" answer to ANY question like this.
Spend a short amount of time looking for some logical pattern in the given numbers. But realize that any logical answer you come up with might not be "right".
Here is what I see, leading to a POSSIBLE answer to the problem.
7 times 2 plus 2 = 16; 16 divided by 2 = 8
8 times 3 plus 3 = 27; 27 divided by 3 = 9
9 times 4 plus 4 = 40; 40 divided by 4 = 10.
So the next two numbers in the sequence MIGHT be 40 and 10.
But you/I can never know....
Answer by ikleyn(52788)  (Show Source):
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Two different sequences are alternate here
7, 8, 9 on odd places
16 = 2^4 = 4^2, 27 = 3^3 on even places.
Only the author of the problem knows what idea is in his mind.
And it is just very happy end when the author knows it . . .
Unhappy end is when the author does not know . . .
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