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Very Easy | What Comes Next in the Sequence: 5, 7, 12, 19, 31, 50, ?

Started bySam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com>
First post2015-09-10 16:09 -0500
Last post2015-09-19 08:50 -0500
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  Very Easy | What Comes Next in the Sequence: 5, 7, 12, 19, 31, 50, ? Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-10 16:09 -0500
    Re: Very Easy | What Comes Next in the Sequence: 5, 7, 12, 19, 31, 50, ? jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-09-10 21:22 +0000
      Re: Very Easy | What Comes Next in the Sequence: 5, 7, 12, 19, 31, 50, ? Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-10 16:41 -0500
        Re: Very Easy | What Comes Next in the Sequence: 5, 7, 12, 19, 31, 50, ? jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-09-10 22:57 +0000
          Re: Very Easy | What Comes Next in the Sequence: 5, 7, 12, 19, 31, 50, ? Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-10 18:30 -0500
            Re: Very Easy | What Comes Next in the Sequence: 5, 7, 12, 19, 31, 50, ? jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-09-11 01:06 +0000
            Re: Very Easy | What Comes Next in the Sequence: 5, 7, 12, 19, 31, 50, ? "Rocky" <wookiee@att.net> - 2015-09-13 23:13 -0500
              Re: Very Easy | What Comes Next in the Sequence: 5, 7, 12, 19, 31, 50, ? Bret Cahill <bretcahill@aol.com> - 2015-09-14 09:12 -0700
    Re: Very Easy | What Comes Next in the Sequence: 5, 7, 12, 19, 31, 50, ? gilber34 <invalid@invalid.com> - 2015-09-10 17:29 -0500
    Re: Very Easy | What Comes Next in the Sequence: 5, 7, 12, 19, 31, 50, ? Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-09-11 01:12 +0000
      Re: Very Easy | What Comes Next in the Sequence: 5, 7, 12, 19, 31, 50, ? noTthaTguY <abu.kuanysh05@gmail.com> - 2015-09-10 19:21 -0700
    Re: Very Easy | What Comes Next in the Sequence: 5, 7, 12, 19, 31, 50, ? "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2015-09-10 18:18 -0700
      Re: Very Easy | What Comes Next in the Sequence: 5, 7, 12, 19, 31, 50, ? Mahipal <mahipal7638@gmail.com> - 2015-09-12 21:16 -0700
        Re: Very Easy | What Comes Next in the Sequence: 5, 7, 12, 19, 31, 50, ? "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2015-09-13 11:43 -0700
          Re: Very Easy | What Comes Next in the Sequence: 5, 7, 12, 19, 31, 50, ? "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2015-09-13 19:19 -0700
          Re: Very Easy | What Comes Next in the Sequence: 5, 7, 12, 19, 31, 50, ? Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-09-16 04:36 +0000
            Re: Very Easy | What Comes Next in the Sequence: 5, 7, 12, 19, 31, 50, ? "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2015-09-15 22:41 -0700
    Re: Very Easy | What Comes Next in the Sequence: 5, 7, 12, 19, 31, 50, ? isw <isw@witzend.com> - 2015-09-10 22:23 -0700
      Re: Very Easy | What Comes Next in the Sequence: 5, 7, 12, 19, 31, 50, ? benj <nobody@gmail.com> - 2015-09-11 02:14 -0400
        Re: Very Easy | What Comes Next in the Sequence: 5, 7, 12, 19, 31, 50, ? gilber34 <invalid@invalid.com> - 2015-09-11 20:22 -0500
      Re: Very Easy | What Comes Next in the Sequence: 5, 7, 12, 19, 31, 50, ? gilber34 <invalid@invalid.com> - 2015-09-11 21:05 -0500
    Re: Very Easy | What Comes Next in the Sequence: 5, 7, 12, 19, 31, 50, ? jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-09-11 16:59 +0000
      5, 7, 12, 19, 31, 50, 81 noTthaTguY <abu.kuanysh05@gmail.com> - 2015-09-11 11:18 -0700
        Re: 5, 7, 12, 19, 31, 50, 81 noTthaTguY <abu.kuanysh05@gmail.com> - 2015-09-11 11:31 -0700
    Re: Very Easy | What Comes Next in the Sequence: 5, 7, 12, 19, 31, 50, ? "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-09-12 10:10 -0700
      Re: Very Easy | What Comes Next in the Sequence: 5, 7, 12, 19, 31, 50, ? benj <nobody@gmail.com> - 2015-09-12 23:21 -0400
    Re: Very Easy | What Comes Next in the Sequence: 5, 7, 12, 19, 31, 50, ? Bret Cahill <bretcahill@aol.com> - 2015-09-12 17:00 -0700
    Re: Very Easy | What Comes Next in the Sequence: 5, 7, 12, 19, 31, 50, ? Michael Strickland <michael06582@comcast.net> - 2015-09-19 04:35 -0700
      Re: Very Easy | What Comes Next in the Sequence: 5, 7, 12, 19, 31, 50, ? Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-19 08:50 -0500

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#520437

Fromgilber34 <invalid@invalid.com>
Date2015-09-11 21:05 -0500
Message-ID<mt01a1$ov7$1@speranza.aioe.org>
In reply to#520242
On 9/11/2015 12:23 AM, isw wrote:
> In article <K8mdnYu4MfELbGzInZ2dnUU7-YWdnZ2d@giganews.com>,
>   Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Very Easy | What Comes Next in the Sequence: 5, 7, 12, 19, 31, 50, ?
>
> Any number you want. Whatever you choose, there exists a series that
> generates it.
>
> Isaac
>

that is a correct answer.

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#520330

Fromjimp@specsol.spam.sux.com
Date2015-09-11 16:59 +0000
Message-ID<msdbcc-8j5.ln1@mail.specsol.com>
In reply to#520152
Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> wrote:
> Very Easy | What Comes Next in the Sequence: 5, 7, 12, 19, 31, 50, ?

This is the kind of puerile tripe that replaced the Amateur Scientist
column, which used to contain real science, in Scientific American.

 

-- 
Jim Pennino

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#520348 — 5, 7, 12, 19, 31, 50, 81

FromnoTthaTguY <abu.kuanysh05@gmail.com>
Date2015-09-11 11:18 -0700
Subject5, 7, 12, 19, 31, 50, 81
Message-ID<2667532a-b79a-42fb-ab26-2a37f33eb7c0@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#520330
I mean, eighty-one

> > Very Easy | What Comes Next in the Sequence: 5, 7, 12, 19, 31, 50, ?
> 
> This is the kind of puerile tripe that replaced the Amateur Scientist
> column, which used to contain real science, in Scientific American.
> 
>  
> 
> -- 
> Jim Pennino

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#520354 — Re: 5, 7, 12, 19, 31, 50, 81

FromnoTthaTguY <abu.kuanysh05@gmail.com>
Date2015-09-11 11:31 -0700
SubjectRe: 5, 7, 12, 19, 31, 50, 81
Message-ID<cdc1a60a-097d-43c2-89ce-479771efd95b@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#520348
excellent bOOk to learn the four subjects
of *mathematica:
_Old and New Unsolved Problems in Numbertheory & geometrY
by Wagon & Klee

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#520497

From"reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com>
Date2015-09-12 10:10 -0700
Message-ID<58caf18a-2839-476f-bc33-86216c25e328@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#520152
On Thursday, September 10, 2015 at 2:09:46 PM UTC-7, Sam Wormley wrote:
> Very Easy | What Comes Next in the Sequence: 5, 7, 12, 19, 31, 50, ?
> 
> -- 
> 
> sci.physics is an unmoderated newsgroup dedicated
> to the discussion of physics, news from the physics
> community, and physics-related social issues.

81  TreBert

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#520610

Frombenj <nobody@gmail.com>
Date2015-09-12 23:21 -0400
Message-ID<FY5Jx.105232$zz6.82844@fx04.iad>
In reply to#520497
On 09/12/2015 01:10 PM, reber g=emc^2 wrote:
> On Thursday, September 10, 2015 at 2:09:46 PM UTC-7, Sam Wormley wrote:
>> Very Easy | What Comes Next in the Sequence: 5, 7, 12, 19, 31, 50, ?
>>
>> --
>>
>> sci.physics is an unmoderated newsgroup dedicated
>> to the discussion of physics, news from the physics
>> community, and physics-related social issues.
>
> 81  TreBert

Correct answer is ANY number. You are as ignorant as Sammy!



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#520559

FromBret Cahill <bretcahill@aol.com>
Date2015-09-12 17:00 -0700
Message-ID<70ffd7d8-6d0f-49b1-8b97-810bcb6c3c15@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#520152
> Very Easy | What Comes Next in the Sequence: 5, 7, 12, 19, 31, 50, ?

I can only be sure of what comes after what comes next: 131.

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#521983

FromMichael Strickland <michael06582@comcast.net>
Date2015-09-19 04:35 -0700
Message-ID<93719580-3bd9-4970-9d14-416b2a26b024@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#520152
On Thursday, September 10, 2015 at 5:09:46 PM UTC-4, Sam Wormley wrote:
> Very Easy | What Comes Next in the Sequence: 5, 7, 12, 19, 31, 50, ?
> 
> -- 
> 
> sci.physics is an unmoderated newsgroup dedicated
> to the discussion of physics, news from the physics
> community, and physics-related social issues.

81.

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#521998

FromSam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com>
Date2015-09-19 08:50 -0500
Message-ID<ULydnaZc7O-o9WDInZ2dnUU7-aMAAAAA@giganews.com>
In reply to#521983
On 9/19/15 6:35 AM, Michael Strickland wrote:
> On Thursday, September 10, 2015 at 5:09:46 PM UTC-4, Sam Wormley wrote:
>> Very Easy | What Comes Next in the Sequence: 5, 7, 12, 19, 31, 50, ?
>>
>> --
>>
>> sci.physics is an unmoderated newsgroup dedicated
>> to the discussion of physics, news from the physics
>> community, and physics-related social issues.
>
> 81.
>

   Yes, this is simply a Fibonacci sequence, where a number is the sum
   of the previous two numbers in the sequence. What is delightful, is
   that these sequences are found in nature.

-- 

sci.physics is an unmoderated newsgroup dedicated
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community, and physics-related social issues.

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