Can you unlock this pattern? n°7.

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What is the next number in this sequence?

8 , 15 , 20 , 23 , 32 , 39 , 42 , 43 , 50 , 51 8, 15, 20, 23, 32, 39, 42, 43, 50, 51


The answer is 60.

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The difference between each terms in this sequence is 8 , 7 , 5 , 3 , 9 , 7 , 3 , 1 , 7 , 1 8, 7, 5, 3, 9, 7, 3, 1, 7, 1 This looks like the 10's complement of final digit of the n-th prime, that is: 10 last digit of n -th prime. 10-\text{last digit of }n\text{-th prime.} Thus the next term in that particular sequence is 9 9 , which means that the next number in our first sequence is: 51 + 9 = 60 51+9=60 .

but 49 isn't a prime..... So, it should be 51 + 7 = 58 . Because ,47 is a prime.....Take a look ....

Vighnesh Raut - 7 years, 1 month ago

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The first prime numbers are: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31

It follows that the 10's complement of the final digit of those primes is: 8, 7, 5, 3, 9, 7, 3, 1, 7, 1, 9. from which our sequence can be derived.

As you can see there's no 49 involved.

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Reasonable. I think this confirmed the answer.

Lu Chee Ket - 5 years, 6 months ago
Lu Chee Ket
Dec 1, 2015

I would say the author is very good at linear regressions or at least a great coincidence of luck as he didn't take 59 as an answer. I wanted to guess him but I have chosen my own best answer namely 60. I prepared to guess his answer for several times namely 60, 59 and 56 in a sequence because the continuation of this sequence may not arise from linear regression but arise from something else. Yet, 60 has been the first correct guess!

Here are 3 linear regressions with x y-balanced, x's and y's respectively:

 1
 2
 3
 4
 5
 6
 7
 8
 9
10
11
1   9.637762405 10.18181818 9.615782984 8
2   14.6738152  15.0969697  14.6567201  15
3   19.709868   20.01212121 19.69765721 20
4   24.7459208  24.92727273 24.73859433 23
5   29.7819736  29.84242424 29.77953144 32
6   34.8180264  34.75757576 34.82046856 39
7   39.8540792  39.67272727 39.86140567 42
8   44.890132   44.58787879 44.90234279 43
9   49.9261848  49.5030303  49.9432799  50
10  54.9622376  54.41818182 54.98421702 51
11  59.99829039 59.33333333 60.02515413 

This answer is a result of x y-balanced regression or an average of 3 linear regressions to me. I noticed 7, 5, 3, 9, 7, 3, 1, 7, 1 at first for a possible 9 next, but I didn't believe in this way.

Answer: 60 \boxed{60}

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