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It's no lie... (Posted on 2022-08-18)

5-1 = 4
8-4 = 18
14-9 = 343
15-5 = 605
23-11 = ?

Find the rule that makes this work!

Submitted by broll

Rating: 5.0000 (1 votes)

Solution: (Hide)

Another word for a lie is a fib, which could also be an abbreviation of Fibonacci:
fib(5)-fib(1) = 4
fib(8)-fib(4) = 18, and so on.
So the answer is 28568.

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Subject	Author	Date
Some Considered Thoughts	K Sengupta	2022-08-18 23:58:24
comment	Steven Lord	2022-08-18 15:16:58
A solution (my own special rule)	Jer	2022-08-18 14:54:21

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