Question about Number Sequence
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bookslover
Puritan Board Doctor
Sounds like one of these evil math-loving types. They can be very strange people...
you're right, I did only answer half the question 
I feel like a show-off giving the answer. Don't wanna go all-out now and reveal the mystery 
I'll let ya'll know tomorrow if I don't see anyone else has figured it out.
i'm gonna go lay in my bed and hopefully get 5 minutes of rest in four hours.
i'm starving to hear the Word. nite, brothers (and sisters)
I feel like a show-off giving the answer. Don't wanna go all-out now and reveal the mystery I'll let ya'll know tomorrow if I don't see anyone else has figured it out.i'm gonna go lay in my bed and hopefully get 5 minutes of rest in four hours.
i'm starving to hear the Word. nite, brothers (and sisters)
Timothy William
Puritan Board Junior
Doesn't look very mathematical at all. That said you can draw a line through any n numbers using an (n - 1) power polynomial, so mathematically you could think up any solution you liked. My guess is the reign of successive OT kings or judges, would have to look it up though
Dagmire
Puritan Board Freshman
what tangled webs
with broken strands
and perilous footing
on sinking sands
the steps we take
become confused
this wicked waltz
this clumsy ruse
we trip ourselves
fall to our knees
with broken pride
we feel diseased
in pain now fierce
we grip the sand
the mighty fall
but the righteous stand
only on Rock
is footing sure
a weathered dwelling
your place secure
there is a Door
you cannot heist
being in hand
a life in Christ
with broken strands
and perilous footing
on sinking sands
the steps we take
become confused
this wicked waltz
this clumsy ruse
we trip ourselves
fall to our knees
with broken pride
we feel diseased
in pain now fierce
we grip the sand
the mighty fall
but the righteous stand
only on Rock
is footing sure
a weathered dwelling
your place secure
there is a Door
you cannot heist
being in hand
a life in Christ
JonathanHunt
Puritan Board Senior
ha. the answer is 42. 
JonathanHunt
Puritan Board Senior
Ah well, for that we need a large experiment run by two angelic-like beings disguised as mice.
BobVigneault
Bawberator
Just be careful you guys. I saw John Nash trying to solve this one in A Beautiful Mind and the next thing you know he's pushing his desk out the window and talking to people that aren't there. 
Just be careful you guys. I saw John Nash trying to solve this one in A Beautiful Mind and the next thing you know he's pushing his desk out the window and talking to people that aren't there.
You do what you have to do to get the job done. That desk must have been holding him back, and he probably bounced new ideas off of those invisible people.
I may have to start finding codes in the newspaper if I do not get the solution.
Lon, I hope you have found out that the question belongs to a group of other questions found in a super advanced IQ test. The answer 42 is correct, so is 50, so is 1993.52.
Take your pick. The secret is found here:
http://blizzard.he.net/~jabrwock/iqtest/history.html
Take your pick. The secret is found here:
http://blizzard.he.net/~jabrwock/iqtest/history.html
Well...no wonder I spent so long on it and could not figure it out.
BobVigneault
Bawberator
Thanks for the solution Vic. I just need to know one thing.
Are you invisible?
Are you invisible?
The answer is that the number of functions that satisfy that limited sequence is infinite, and that therefore the next item in the sequence cannot be determined.
Now if you asked for the simplest function that would satisfy and what the next number would be, then an answer would be possible, provided you defined "simplest" clearly.
Now if you asked for the simplest function that would satisfy and what the next number would be, then an answer would be possible, provided you defined "simplest" clearly.
Thanks for the solution Vic. I just need to know one thing.
Are you invisible?
I might well be, but I can see myself just fine. At least I can see those parts that I can see.
BobVigneault
Bawberator
That's good to know Vic, thanks. Now I just need to get my desk back up on the second floor. Oh good, the care bears just showed up, they can help me.
And people often talk to me when I'm not there. Still, I'm amazed you have such a large window for your desk to pass through.Victor, I'm glad you posted that link because I was just about to post it myself. It's a gag/joke. http://blizzard.he.net/~jabrwock/iqtest/history.html
I feel like a jerk leading everyone on, though. I'm very sorry.
Dagmire, thank you for the poem.
God bless everyone and have a nice Spring day (or Autumn if you're south of the equator
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