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raptor13

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I saw this problem stuck on a wall in the math building at school and I've spent way too much time today trying to work it out. It's driving me insane. Please, for the love of God, prove you're smarter than I am! Here's the series:


1,000 1,000,000,000 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 0 4 8 3 _?_

Edit: If it makes it any easier to see, it's the same as

10^3 10^9 10^27 0 4 8 3 ___

I've been trying to make sense of ten to the powers of three but, as you might have guessed, I've gotten nowhere. Sigh.


Supposedly it is a finite series and the term with the question mark (i.e. the one you're supposed to find) is the last term in the series. I've been trying all sorts of crazy things and I've gotten nowhere. There is also some hint, so the paper said, that when known, allows the problem to be selved in about 30 seconds.

If I don't get this soon, I'm going to start pulling hair. :disgust:
 
i think it may be: 1000,1000000000,1000000000000000000000000000,100,3,4,8,3,5 ?

i googled soemthing similar....i have no clue, though 🙂
 
Search sequence number: A029722 here

ID Number: A029722
Sequence: 1000,1000000000,1000000000000000000000000000,100,3,4,8,3,5
Name: Smallest integer involving n-th letter of alphabet (in English).
Example: C first occurs in "octillian".
Keywords: fini,word,nonn
Offset: 1
Author(s): Anonymous submission.


lmk, if this is even remotely close 😛
 
Originally posted by: iamme
Search sequence number: A029722 here

ID Number: A029722
Sequence: 1000,1000000000,1000000000000000000000000000,100,3,4,8,3,5
Name: Smallest integer involving n-th letter of alphabet (in English).
Example: C first occurs in "octillian".
Keywords: fini,word,nonn
Offset: 1
Author(s): Anonymous submission.


lmk, if this is even remotely close 😛
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google pwnz j00!
 
Originally posted by: iamme
Search sequence number: A029722 here ID Number: A029722 Sequence: 1000,1000000000,1000000000000000000000000000,100,3,4,8,3,5 Name: Smallest integer involving n-th letter of alphabet (in English). Example: C first occurs in "octillian". Keywords: fini,word,nonn Offset: 1 Author(s): Anonymous submission. lmk, if this is even remotely close 😛
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I think you cheated. 😀



This really does seem to work, though, and I guess it is a finite series since there is no number (not that I can think of, anyway) that has a "j" in it. Good work iamme!

I also don't feel bad about not getting it. If it had been some math trick, then I would be upset!
 
Originally posted by: raptor13
Originally posted by: iamme
Search sequence number: A029722 here ID Number: A029722 Sequence: 1000,1000000000,1000000000000000000000000000,100,3,4,8,3,5 Name: Smallest integer involving n-th letter of alphabet (in English). Example: C first occurs in "octillian". Keywords: fini,word,nonn Offset: 1 Author(s): Anonymous submission. lmk, if this is even remotely close 😛
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I think you cheated. 😀



This really does seem to work, though, and I guess it is a finite series since there is no number (not that I can think of, anyway) that has a "j" in it. Good work iamme!

I also don't feel bad about not getting it. If it had been some math trick, then I would be upset!
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now that i've answered your question.......can you explain it to me? 😛

i don't get it 😱
 
It works like this, so far as I can tell:



<DIV><FONT face=Arial>A first appears in the number one thousAnd</FONT></DIV>

<DIV><FONT face=Arial>B first appears in the number one Billion</FONT></DIV>

<DIV><FONT face=Arial>C first appears in the ginormous number one oCtillion, or 10^27</FONT></DIV>

<DIV><FONT face=Arial>D first appears in the number one hunDreD</FONT></DIV>

<DIV><FONT face=Arial>E first appears in the number zEro</FONT></DIV>

<DIV><FONT face=Arial>F first appears in the number Four</FONT></DIV>

<DIV><FONT face=Arial>G first appears in eiGht</FONT></DIV>

<DIV><FONT face=Arial>H first appears in tHree</FONT></DIV>

<DIV><FONT face=Arial>J doesn't appear in any number (not that I could think of, anyway) so the series is finite.


Like I said, this seems like a pretty cheap way to make a series. I wanted a math trick not some silly letter game!</FONT></DIV>


EDIT: Ack! I copied that out of an AIM window after explaining it to a friend. I'm too lazy to reformat it. Oh well.
 
Originally posted by: raptor13
It works like this, so far as I can tell:



A first appears in the number one thousAnd

B first appears in the number one Billion

C first appears in the ginormous number one oCtillion, or 10^27

D first appears in the number one hunDreD

E first appears in the number zEro

F first appears in the number Four

G first appears in eiGht

H first appears in tHree

J doesn't appear in any number (not that I could think of, anyway) so the series is finite.


Like I said, this seems like a pretty cheap way to make a series. I wanted a math trick not some silly letter game!</FONT></DIV>


EDIT: Ack! I copied that out of an AIM window after explaining it to a friend. I'm too lazy to reformat it. Oh well.
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formatted 🙂

lesson learned: there's nothing you can't find on GOOGLE 😀 😀
 
the idiot that thought this up should be boiled in lard then shot. After that they should be ground into a powder and mixed
with cement from which a block is formed. This block is then covered in a material impervious to seawater. It should then be thrown
into the deepest part of the ocean never to be considered again.

arggh!!!!!!!!!
 
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