Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site watmath.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!jsgray From: jsgray@watmath.UUCP (Jan Gray) Newsgroups: net.puzzle Subject: sequence puzzle answer Message-ID: <8457@watmath.UUCP> Date: Fri, 27-Jul-84 08:42:40 EDT Article-I.D.: watmath.8457 Posted: Fri Jul 27 08:42:40 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 28-Jul-84 07:06:17 EDT Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 12 The question was: What is x in the following sequence? 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 20 22 24 31 x 121 The answer is: x = 100 [ 10 (base 16) = 11 (base 15) = 12 (base 14) = 13 (base 13) ] [ = ... = 31 (base 5) = 100 (base 4) = 121 (base 3) ] Jan Gray (jsgray@watmath.UUCP) University of Waterloo (519) 885-1211 x3870