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1, 3, 7, 11, 17, 23, 31, 50, 60, 71, ...
What are the next five terms in this sequence?
1, 3, 7, 11, 17, 23, 31, 50, 60, 71, 83, 97, 111, 127, 153, 171, 190, 210, 231, 263, 287, 311, 337, 373, ___, ___, ___, ___, ___, ...
1, 3, 7, 11, 17, 23, 31, 50, 60, 71, 83, 97, 111, 127, 153, 171, 190, 210, 231, 263, 287, 311, 337, 373, ___, ___, ___, ___, ___, ...
Hint
1111, 11111, 111111, ... will also appear in this sequence.Answer
501, 530, 570, 601, 633.In all the natural numbers that don't contain the "unlucky" digit 4, the first one is 1, skip one and get 3, skip two and get 7, skip three and get 11, and so on.
It can also be said that these are the triangular numbers in the nonary system, except that the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 are being used to represent 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
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could u explain that again please???
I don't get it.
uh..
say wha?
what the eff??
how is four unlucky. this is for someone with advanced knowledge of math.
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