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What came first? (Posted on 2002-12-04)

Find the first number in the following series. (there may be more than one answer?)

?, 2 ,3 , 8, 30, 144, 840, 5760, 45360...

See The Solution Submitted by Cory Taylor

Rating: 3.0000 (8 votes)

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re: I get the sequence, but not the first number

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(In reply to I get the sequence, but not the first number by pleasance)

Continuing on pleasance's solution...

0*x = 2
x = 2/0
x is undefined

Therefore the first term in the sequence is undefined.
Is that all right?

Posted by Dulanjana on 2002-12-05 15:13:18

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