SOLUTION: 7,16,8,27,

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Question 983864: 7,16,8,27,
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7,16,8,27,
starting from 7 every other digit is adding one to the term 2 before it in the sequence; so we have 10 as the 7th term
we need to find the 6th term.

we also have 16%2F8+=+2, 27%2F9=3
so we need x%2F10=4 solve for x=>+x+=+40

thus the list is 7, 16, 8, 27, 9, 40, 10