Tuesday, April 22, 2008

What number comes next..... And Why

What number comes next in this pattern, and why?
There is a logical pattern.

5.6731
6.3138
7.1154
8.1443
11.4301
14.3007
19.0811
28.6363
?

HINT: 80-88
?=89

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6 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

57.28996 or 57.2900 followed by infinity, i thought this was a great puzzle so i'll leave the explanation to the next person who gets it.

April 22, 2008 9:22 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

hey good job, you got it right. This was made by Paul by the way. Good job to the anonymous above me. Now can anyone tell me why?

April 23, 2008 9:10 PM  
Blogger Daniel said...

You left out 9.51436 which goes between 8.144 and 11.430; it kind of ruins the puzzle for people who might get the right answer and then think it's wrong because your series is incomplete. (Anonymous from above^2)

April 27, 2008 10:23 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i dont get it... please explain

April 27, 2008 4:36 PM  
Blogger Daniel said...

it's a series of tangents, with 2 missing:

TAN(80)=5.6731
TAN(81)=6.3138
TAN(82)=7.1154
TAN(83)=8.1443
TAN(84)=9.5144 (NOT INCLUDED)
TAN(85)=11.4301
TAN(86)=14.3007
TAN(87)=19.0811
TAN(88)=28.6363
TAN(89)=57.2900 (SOLUTION)

April 28, 2008 7:34 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

79?

May 21, 2008 1:35 PM  

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