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- From: chepan@gsusgi1.gsu.edu (Parthasarathy Nambi)
- Subject: Re: A puzzle!
- Message-ID: <chepan.712012623@gsusgi1.gsu.edu>
- Keywords: Math, puzzle
- Organization: Georgia State University
- References: <chepan.712011867@gsusgi1.gsu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 21:17:03 GMT
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- chepan@gsusgi1.gsu.edu (Parthasarathy Nambi) writes:
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- > Here is something for puzzle lovers:
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- > Below is a sequence of numbers, can you find the next two numbers and
- > the general formula for generating numbers in this sequence:
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- > The numbers are:
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- > 4, 72, 21600, 190512000, 58090919040000, etc
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- > If you know the answer please post a response in this group.
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- > P.Nambi
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- Oops! I made a mistake. A zero is missing from the fifth number
- above. The correct sequence of numbers is:
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- 4, 72, 21600, 190512000, 580909190400000, etc
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- I apologize for the error.
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- Good hunting!
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- P.Nambi
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