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The numbers alternate even and odd, in a checkerboard pattern. Each row appears to be 8 terms long, and the number 8 seems to be significant. 8 also happens to be the number of squares on each side of a checkerboard.
If we think of this as a single 2-d sequence instead of three separate sequences, then you might observe some patterns in the placements of the numbers. The 1s, for instance, are both a knight's move away from the 0s. Following that pattern, you can see the 2s are knight's moves away from the 1s, and so forth. Lastly, the words "knight" and "late" have a connection: "night."
Conclusion:
Each number corresponds to a square on a chess board in the first three rows. A knight is on the first square of the third row. Each number is the number of moves required to move the knight to the corresponding square.
The answers are 5, 4, and 5. |
