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groza528
No Place Like Home
PostPosted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 1:54 pm    Post subject: 1 Reply with quote
I can't claim credit for this one but I don't know whom to credit it to; I picked it up off of Yahoo! Answers

What three numbers complete this set:

3, 7, 10, 11, 12, 17, 20, 23, 27, __, __, __ ?
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Zag
Tired of his old title
PostPosted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 2:53 pm    Post subject: 2 Reply with quote
Shouldn't 2.71828... be in that set, as well. Extreme Delectation
(I didn't solve it, I looked up the answer. My comment is meant as a hint, so I spoilered it.)
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lostdummy
Daedalian Member
PostPosted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 7:49 am    Post subject: 3 Reply with quote
One answer could be numbers that have only vowel "e" in english name, so for example next 3 could be: ...,70,73,77 . BTW, those 3 are probably last numbers that satisfy "only e"

Potential problem with that is "Y" , which is also considered sometimes vowel , and is present in 20,23,27,70,73,77 .
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Amb
Amb the Hitched.
PostPosted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 3:58 am    Post subject: 4 Reply with quote
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numbers that have only vowel "e" in english name, so for example next 3 could be: ...,70,73,77 . BTW, those 3 are probably last numbers that satisfy "only e"


Sorry to ruin everything, but that would mean "8" is missing from the sequence.
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Zag
Tired of his old title
PostPosted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 4:11 am    Post subject: 5 Reply with quote
Amb wrote:
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numbers that have only vowel "e" in english name, so for example next 3 could be: ...,70,73,77 . BTW, those 3 are probably last numbers that satisfy "only e"


Sorry to ruin everything, but that would mean "8" is missing from the sequence.

Umm, no. Unless you spell it funny.
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groza528
No Place Like Home
PostPosted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 6:51 am    Post subject: 6 Reply with quote
He's from New Zealand; they have a bit of trouble with Es and Is
(Hillo kiwis!)
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Amb
Amb the Hitched.
PostPosted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 9:31 pm    Post subject: 7 Reply with quote
Ni vuwil prablum hari ut ell. A jist (epparuntle) di nyt knew whit tha wurd "inle" maent! No vowel problem here at all. I just do not know what the word 'only' meant!
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Kiri Te Kanawa*
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 9:50 pm    Post subject: 8 Reply with quote
Amb nōhea taea pūngakupu.
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Lepton*
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 24, 2010 10:40 am    Post subject: 9 Reply with quote
So is the full sequence

e, 3, 7, 10, 11, 12, 17, 20, 23, 27, 70, 73, 77, Berry?
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Zag
Tired of his old title
PostPosted: Sat Apr 24, 2010 4:29 pm    Post subject: 10 Reply with quote
How about three seventeenths, seven seventeenths, three sevenths, twenty-three twenty-sevenths, etc.?
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Poisonium
annoyed by the old
PostPosted: Sat Apr 24, 2010 10:42 pm    Post subject: 11 Reply with quote
lostdummy wrote:
Potential problem with that is "Y" , which is also considered sometimes vowel , and is present in 20,23,27,70,73,77 .


Y is a consonant when doing a 'j' sound (see other Germanic languages, like German or Dutch). If it's an 'i' sound (like in 'twenty') then it's a vowel. As far as I know, no numbers contain the 'j' sound, so it's not relevant.
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THUDandBLUNDER
Threefold Repetition
PostPosted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 4:34 am    Post subject: 12 Reply with quote
Amb wrote:
Ni vuwil prablum hari ut ell. A jist (epparuntle) di nyt knew whit tha wurd "inle" maent! No vowel problem here at all. I just do not know what the word 'only' meant!

That's Queen's English compared to Strine.
It is advisable for English-speaking tourists in Oz to carry a dictionary at all times, so that in case of an accident they can at least die laughing. Extreme Delectation
But it's still easier on the ear than Cockney, yanawhaddamean?
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