[RESOLVED] What is the next number in this sequence?

[rjbudz]

52, 28, 33, 63, 73, 23, 56,...

And (of course) WHY?

[crptcblade]

Ham Sandwich

Ask Mama Cass.

[timeshifter]

I don't see a pattern there...

[Shaggy Hiker]

Those are the ages of the last seven women I've dated. The next number is 18.

[litlewiki]

ahh,those kindergarten days.

[rjbudz]

LOL. There really IS a patten, darned if I know what it is though. Shaggy, you need to stay away from those sight-unseen dating sites.

[crptcblade]

There really IS a patten, darned if I know what it is though.

If you don't know the pattern, then how do you know there really IS a pattern??

[penagate]

42

[rjbudz]

Well, because the originator of the question states:

The current prize for the first 250 correct entries is a Chia Paint By Number. You will also get a cool trophy that people can see when they do a user lookup on you! And all correct entries will split the 2,000,000 Neopoint prize pool.

You just don't joke about something like that!!

[rjbudz]

Thanks for all the fish, penagate.

[rjbudz]

I have the answer. This really sucks.

The answer = 89.

You have to look at the letters in the question and replace them with numbers (A=1, B=2, C=3, etc.) and add up the words. So the question was "What is the next number in this sequence?"...

W+H+A+T = 23 + 8 + 1 + 20 = 52
I+S = 9 + 19 = 28
and so on... so the final number is:

S+E+Q+U+E+N+C+E = 19 + 5 + 17 + 21 + 5 + 14 + 3 + 5 = 89

sheesh!

I'm just glad I posted the question with it. I would have never figured this out. Maybe I should write a program to do it as penance.

Sorry everyone.

[timeshifter]

That's not a pattern, it's a code. A pattern is a mathematical relationship. That doesn't qualify.

[MoE70]

I have the answer. This really sucks.

The answer = 89.

You have to look at the letters in the question and replace them with numbers (A=1, B=2, C=3, etc.) and add up the words. So the question was "What is the next number in this sequence?"...

W+H+A+T = 23 + 8 + 1 + 20 = 52
I+S = 9 + 19 = 28
and so on... so the final number is:

S+E+Q+U+E+N+C+E = 19 + 5 + 17 + 21 + 5 + 14 + 3 + 5 = 89

sheesh!

I'm just glad I posted the question with it. I would have never figured this out. Maybe I should write a program to do it as penance.

Sorry everyone.

i was going to try that but i thought it would be more advanced than that

[rjbudz]

Yeah, WAY too simple.

In defense of the puzzle (and I reiterate that it is NOT mine!): Who said it was a mathematical puzzle? Sure, I assumed it was, just like you did.

But you know what they say about Ass-u-me.

[crptcblade]

But you know what they say about Ass-u-me.

That's perverse.

[rjbudz]

Hey, I don't write this stuff!

[timeshifter]

Yeah, WAY too simple.

In defense of the puzzle (and I reiterate that it is NOT mine!): Who said it was a mathematical puzzle? Sure, I assumed it was, just like you did.

But you know what they say about Ass-u-me.

You said sequence. A sequence is

...a list of objects (or events) arranged in a "linear" fashion, such that the order of the members is well defined and significant.

I rest my case.