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Length Of Words (Posted on 2006-01-30)

Determine the next term in the following sequence of numbers.

4,3,5,4,3,6,8,7,7,__

Note : Think about the number of letters in some 'Numerical' (but English) words.

See The Solution Submitted by K Sengupta

Rating: 4.3333 (3 votes)

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thought i was close

| Comment 4 of 15 |

They almost fit the number of letters in each integer not belonging to the Fibonacci series...

starting with 4,6,7,9,10,11,12,14,15,16...

The 12 messes it up though. Oh well...back to the drawing board.

Posted by Michael on 2006-01-31 03:51:05

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