Monday, July 21, 2008

Puzzle1

Smugs has found a real tough one for Bets. There is a sequence which goes:

9 2 1 8 3 3 6 4 7 2

He wants Bets to tell what the next term in this sequence is. Can you help Bets?

13 comments:

senthil said...

i think that the next element is 1

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Kutekallan said...

it would be 7..

Unknown said...

the answer is 5..multiply the first two nos with 2, we get 184... subtract one from 184 ..we obtain 183.. multiply this with 2 then we get 366..sub 2 from 366..we get 364..double this result so we get 728 and sub 3 from it..we get 725..so the series goes on..hence the result is 5..

Unknown said...

the answer is 5

Unknown said...

answer is 5

Anonymous said...

the answer is 5....

vivek said...

i think it s 5.the logic told by praveen s correct.i too got the same answer but i did some numerical permutations based on arrangements..any way continue the god job

Unknown said...

the answer is 5...

Unknown said...

9 2 18 3 36 4 72..
9*2=18 ,18*2=36,36*2=72..
in bet we have 2,3,4 and the next is 5... so 5 s answer

Anonymous said...

the ans is 5

Unknown said...

5....consider two sequences as 9 18 36 72........2 3 4 5

kumaresan said...

answer is 5