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jmowreader

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10. I wouldn't exactly call mine a "formula"

Reply to UTUSN (Reply #8)

Sat Dec 11, 2021, 03:23 PM

Dec 2021

Military Intelligence personnel are big on pattern recognition. I just noticed that every number in the third line is twice as large as the one above it, and went from there. Calling “2 plus 2” a formula is an insult to real formulas.

I really tried to get to all 9s but I did thirty rows, and the “123456789” thing came up several times. So…I assumed that was the last row in the series.

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Do you like math puzzles? Here: [View all] Not Heidi Dec 2021 OP

Walking 2 miles in 2 hours will burn around 220 calories lapfog_1 Dec 2021 #1

Not really a math question. bottomofthehill Dec 2021 #2

I don't think its math. drray23 Dec 2021 #3

I fired my cardiologist. Sticking with my family guy. However, for a math puzzle: UTUSN Dec 2021 #4

My high school math teacher would say that such problems were meaningless, PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2021 #5

next line is lapfog_1 Dec 2021 #6

Correct. So, I take it you can take it to the limit. UTUSN Dec 2021 #9

This one's pretty easy jmowreader Dec 2021 #7

Yours works fine, not my formula, I had no idea different formulae existed. UTUSN Dec 2021 #8

I wouldn't exactly call mine a "formula" jmowreader Dec 2021 #10

Thanks for another blow!1 You might have just left it at "pattern recognition" - haha!1 UTUSN Dec 2021 #11