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maryl
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#1: O T T F F S S ?
#2: T T T F F S S E ?
#3: F S T F F S ?
#4: M V E M J S U N ?
#5: D R M F S L T ?
#6: U D T C C S S ?
#7: A T G C L V L S S ?
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1. 123
2. 123X
3. 123
4. the list could also have begun with SUN
5. doh
6. hablas espanol?
7. still thinking
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mistysakura
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Re: Sequences
« Reply #2 on: Jul 11th, 2003, 10:29pm » |
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1. E, N, T, E, T, T, F...
2. No idea, it strangely resembles 1...
3. S, E, N, T
4. P, but I don't really get the bit visitor said about it starting with SUN, unless he/she meant the actual star. But then, seince when was the sun a planet?
5. I hate to admit I missed this one at first. It should have been way obvious to me. Just repeat the sequence, unless you want D', R', M'...
6. I had to read visitor's comment for that one, and I don't know what comes next either.
7. Don't know
Give these two a go (they're related)
8. S, D, T, Q, Q...
9. T, Q, P, H, H, O...
EDIT: Fixed up mistake in 9.
Edit2: Am idiot. Fixed one of the problems I found, but not the other...
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S. Owen
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Re: Sequences
« Reply #3 on: Jul 13th, 2003, 7:13am » |
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6. O, N, D, O, D, T ...
7. C, A, P
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Re: Sequences
« Reply #4 on: Jul 13th, 2003, 7:36am » |
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Is the first letter in 2 supposed to be "E"? Then I think it's:
2. N, T, T, T, ...
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Margit Schubert-While
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Well I'll take a stab at 8 and 9.
8) SSO
9) Well its obvious we are doing 3,4,5,6,7,8
but of what ?
Nearest I can get is shapes but the the S should be a H.
If this is the case then there will be big discussion about the
next 3 numbers !
enneagon, decagon, hendecagon versus
nonagon, decagon, undecagon.
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maryl
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on Jul 13th, 2003, 7:36am, S. Owen wrote:Is the first letter in 2 supposed to be "E"? Then I think it's:
2. N, T, T, T, ... |
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No, #2 is correct the way it's written.
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Re: Sequences
« Reply #7 on: Jul 13th, 2003, 10:11am » |
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Can someone give me a clue about 7? I just haven't the faintest idea what it is. 
A couple more:
10) P, S, T, Q, Q, S
11) C, N, O, I, Z, E, C, E
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Re: Sequences
« Reply #8 on: Jul 13th, 2003, 11:52am » |
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On 2, oh right, I get it. It is correct as given.
A clue for 7... what month were you born in?
I agree about 9... I think one letter should be changed -- it's Latin vs. Greek prefixes, right?
10 has an answer similar to 8, I believe. I don't know about 11.
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Re: Sequences
« Reply #9 on: Jul 15th, 2003, 1:23pm » |
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how about this
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X O X X
O O O O
X X X X
X O X ?
what the question mark
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Re: Sequences
« Reply #10 on: Jul 15th, 2003, 3:24pm » |
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May I recap?
#1: O T T F F S S ? E – CLOCKWISE
#2: T T T F F S S E ? N – X10
#3: F S T F F S ? S – ORDER
#4: M V E M J S U N ? P – BIG BANG
#5: D R M F S L T ? D – SOUND OF MUSIC
#6: U D T C C S S ? O – NúMEROS
#7: A T G C L V L S S ? C – ASTRONOMICAL GIRDLE
#8: S, D, T, Q, Q... S – MULTIPLES
#9: T, Q, P, H, H, O... N – SIDES
#10: P, S, T, Q, Q, S ? S – PARLA?
#11: C, N, O, I, Z, E, C, E ? STUMPED
May I add:
#12: R, O, Y, G, B, I, ?
#13: W, H, T, F, F, ?
#14: Y, B, R, P, O, G, P, ?
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Re: Sequences
« Reply #11 on: Aug 7th, 2003, 7:09am » |
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#11 no clue 
#12 - When the sun beam goes through the rain drop
#13 and #14 working on it..
man i sure couldnt figure out those spanish and latin whatever numbers.. cos i dont speak any of it..
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12)R,O,Y,G,B,I,AND THE ANSWER IS V
COLOURS OF THE SPECTRUM
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Re: Sequences
« Reply #13 on: Apr 23rd, 2005, 2:11am » |
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To demonstrate Margit's concern that #9 will develop much discussion...
I believe that #9 should be written: T, T, P, H, H, O, ...
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I'm sure that we all read the first as trigon, not triangle. However, quadrilateral is also the Latin form, whereas the Greek form for a 4-gon is tetragon.
And as Margit explained, a 9-gon can be called a nonagon or an enneagon, and although the former is more common today, the latter is perhaps more appropriate in that it is closer to the Greek.
An 11-gon has two acceptable Greek forms: hendecagon and endecagon. There is no h in Greek, but the word is aspirated because there is a rough breathe above the epsilon in en. So it is sounded hen, but in its transliteration both forms are valid. However, undecagon is a Latin/Greek hybrid and would not be an option.
For what it is worth, my vote goes to enneagon and hendecagon.
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Re: Sequences
« Reply #14 on: Apr 23rd, 2005, 9:07pm » |
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on Apr 23rd, 2005, 2:11am, Sir Col wrote:To demonstrate Margit's concern that #9 will develop much discussion...
I believe that #9 should be written: T, T, P, H, H, O, ...
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| hidden: | | If we confine the result to just prefixes, then tri, quadra, penta, hexa, hepta and octa are completely acceptable with the next in the sequence being "n" for nona and "d' for deca. We can argue the differences in how we label 2-D and 3-D structures, but that does not have much bearing on the answer that was sought. |
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Re: Sequences
« Reply #15 on: Apr 24th, 2005, 9:04am » |
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The problem is ambiguity...
| hidden: | If we allow a mixture of prefixes: Latin and Greek forms, then it is impossible to find the next term; unless there is a sub-pattern to this choice as well?!
However, if we accept that it is exclusively Greek form prefixes, then it must be: T, T, P, H, H, O, with the next being E (enneagon). Although nonagon is more common today, the prefix nona- is borrowed from the Latin, nonus, the ordinal form of nine (ninth). |
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