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Whats the pattern?

Hmmmm... First, you joined AT forums just to post that homework question?

Before I bother thinking about it, I'd like to know what level of mathematics this problem arose in.
Then, I'd probably have little trouble finding a solution.

But, if you're going to offer the first person to find the solution $$$ or something.... then I'll search without you narrowing it down 🙂

(that is, am I looking for a "purely mathematical" solution, as opposed to patterns like this: 3,3,5,4,4,3,5,5,4,3,6,... which would correspond to the number of letters in one,two,three,four,...)
And, that'd help me narrow down the search for a solution - am I looking for some simple pattern? Or am I looking for a some recursive formula with bifurcation heading toward chaos?
 
or am I simply looking for a 13th (or lower) degree polynomial that will exactly fit that data?
edit (of course, it'd be at least a 11th degree polynomial though)
 
its not homework.

its a problem i saw on...um.um...a bumper sticker.

actually i friend gave it to me. I know he is in college but dont know the class.
 
is it the pattern or the next numbers? i think the next 2 numbers are 12.9, 13.2. add 7 to all numbers less than 10 and you see another number in the list (add 6+7, you see 13; add 5.9+7, you see 12.9). the only 2 numbers you dont see in the list are the last 5.9 +7 (= 12.9) and the last 6.2 + 7 (=13.2)
 
First of all... this question is just crap because there's no context on how you got these numbers.

At first glance, I see a cluster of numbers near 6 and a cluster of numbers near 13. I would guess that this isn't a 'puzzle' whatsoever. I believe it's more of an experimental cluster of data where the possible outcomes are 6 and 13 with some noise. Go ask your friend for more context on where these numbers come from. A sinusoidal composition? Whatever....

Beyond that, you're on your own. Crap questions like this deserves no response from me.
 
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