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Puzzle of this week - 3
Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2014 9:37 pm
by zprogrammer
Tomorrow is friday and a month-end ..Tripple the fun and tripple the puzzle so keeping it simple
1.Find next in the series 7,9,11,13,15,..
2.Find next in the series 0,1,3,6,10,..
3.Find next in the series 1,11,22,44,88,176,847,....
Re: Puzzle of this week - 3
Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2014 1:17 am
by Anuj Dhawan
17
15
1694 (doubtful though)
Re: Puzzle of this week - 3
Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2014 1:19 am
by zprogrammer
Ok let's see.. The answers will be disclosed next Thursday
Re: Puzzle of this week - 3
Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2014 2:50 am
by Robert Sample
17
15
1595
Re: Puzzle of this week - 3
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 7:05 pm
by zprogrammer
Robert got all three correct..Now time to match the formula
Solutions
1.Find next in the series 7,9,11,13,15,..
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The Answer is 17.
Formula : 2n+5 (n : starts from 1)
2.Find next in the series 0,1,3,6,10,..
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The Answer is 15.
Formula : (n^2/2) - (n/2) (n : starts from 1)
3.Find next in the series 1,11,22,44,88,176,847,....
Quiet tricky
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The Answer is 1595.
Formula:
1 + reverse(1) = 1 + 10 = 11
11 + reverse(11) = 11 + 11 = 22
22 + reverse(22) = 22 + 22 = 44
44 + reverse(44) = 44 + 44 = 88
88 + reverse(88) = 88 + 88 = 176
176 + reverse(176) = 176 + 671 = 847
847 + reverse(847) = 847 + 748 = 1595
Re: Puzzle of this week - 3
Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 8:54 pm
by Anuj Dhawan
Not a very good read for a weekend!
Re: Puzzle of this week - 3
Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 8:59 pm
by zprogrammer
My HDD officially crashed
and upsetting my plans of mastering something
Very bad news for me over weekend
Need to wait some months to get a new PC
Let's c