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77, 49, 36, 18

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 1:05 am
by likeafox
77, 49, 36, 18,

A puzzle. What is the next number in the series?

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 1:41 am
by gforce422
8.

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 2:24 am
by Baconsticks
7 x7 =49, 4x9=36, and 3x6=18

Google thinks for me.

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 2:53 am
by datherman
I disagree.

pi

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 2:57 am
by likeafox
dantheman is closer.

ie you're all wrong.

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 6:16 am
by Arloest
Ommina go with 5.

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 6:37 am
by Fritz
Ommina go with 5.

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 8:39 am
by likeafox
nop, 5 is not THE ANSWER.

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 8:46 am
by LewisTheTank
8.
I agree...
...HAS to be 8. Just fits, but I know math...
**sighs**
...There COULD be another alternative, but I doubt it.

SOLVED:
77 : 7*7 = 49
49 : 4*9 = 36
36 : 3*6 = 18
18 : 1*8 = 8

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 1:10 pm
by GeorgiaCoyote
I'll say 3 but that's solely a guess. I was thinking 8 as well but since that's not it and you say pi is closer, well then I'll go with 3. It's way to early in the morning for math.

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 1:57 pm
by lastwyvern
4 because i want a say in this. lol.

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 2:45 pm
by Doc Sigma
It's 8. This is a small part of a famous sequence known as the Triangle Numbers.

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 2:56 pm
by lastwyvern
lol im in grade 8. i don't need to know this. 8)

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 3:38 pm
by Ibun
The correct answer is <censored>.

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 5:54 pm
by Dr. Dos
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Please edit your post before somebody reads it and replies with "LOL ZEN LIKE OZY"