Easy, Next in series.
Brandon Johnson
stumped until I found the right answer, through trial and error. After
knowing the answer it seemed really simple.
What is the next it the sequence?
O T T F F S S _
Brandon Johnson
'who knows this is easy but still liked it.'
EKrampitz
O ne
T wo
T hree
F our
F ive
S ix
S even
Timothy E Vaughan
(Brandon Johnson) writes:
|> Here's an easy one for you all. I found it in a game and it had me
|> stumped until I found the right answer, through trial and error. After
|> knowing the answer it seemed really simple.
|>
|> What is the next it the sequence?
|>
|> O T T F F S S _
Next in the sequence will be flames and messages saying
"Read the FAQ before posting."
ObPuz: Suppose that you wrote down all the sequence puzzles that
have been posted to rec.puzzles. Can you predict the next member
of the sequence? More importantly, can you show that the sequence
is FINITE?
Cheers,
Tim
Karen L Lingel
In article <40cs8o$2...@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU>, tvau...@athena.mit.edu (Timothy E Vaughan) writes:
>ObPuz: Suppose that you wrote down all the sequence puzzles that
>have been posted to rec.puzzles. Can you predict the next member
>of the sequence? More importantly, can you show that the sequence
>is FINITE?
I can prove the sequence is circular and thus INfinite. The proof
is to keep reading this newsgroup for all eternity, watching the
sequence sequence recirculating.
Chris Cole
>Here's an easy one for you all. I found it in a game and it had me
>stumped until I found the right answer, through trial and error. After
>knowing the answer it seemed really simple.
>
>What is the next it the sequence?
>
> O T T F F S S _
This question is in the rec.puzzles archive:
==> series/series.06.p <==
Z, O, T, T, F, F, S, S, E, N?
==> series/series.06.s <==
T. The name of the integers starting with zero.
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writes:
>Here's an easy one for you all. I found it in a game and it had me
>stumped until I found the right answer, through trial and error. After
>knowing the answer it seemed really simple.
>
>What is the next it the sequence?
>
> O T T F F S S _
>
>'who knows this is easy but still liked it.'
>
That's easy!
(see below)
OTTFFSS E
(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8) :)
Thanks...it was fun to get one right for a change
-Sarai
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