series question
hi friends
this was asked in satyam's placement paper recently!
(even i dont know the ans!I asked from many, but no one solved it!)I hop this geek members will help me solve the series. PLZ REPLY WITH PROPER EXPLAINATION!
Find the next two terms!
4, 2, 3, 7.5, 26.25, -------- , ----------!
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Its very easy.....
Next numbere in this series is:
4,2,3,7.5,26.25, 118.125,650.375
Explanation:
4 x 0.5 = 2
2 x 1.5 = 3
3 x 2.5 = 7.5
7.5 x 3.5 = 26.25
26.25 x 4.5 = 118.125
118.125 x 5.5 = 650.375
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suresh
It’s really good the way you solve such problems 'psuresh', it always interests and impresses me.
But I think there is a solution or formulae for it right? Or you had to do it on a trial and error basis which takes a long long time? I mean how you have come to know that the previous number is multiplied with 1+ the previous multiplier?
Last edited by sutnarcha; 01-08-2007 at 02:43 AM.
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Re: series question
hi suresh
Thankx for helping!Also plz tell me took how much time u took to solve it?if u solved it in a min or two ,then like "sutnacharya" asked ,do u have any fromulas etc.Anyway i feel u solve puzzles well!
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:)
NEVER SAY DIE.
hi friends,
it will take only five minutes.....
Intially i found the series going multiply the numbers or divide the numbers....
Because the second number only going down and all the numbers going up. Also the numbers have fractional part.
First i analys the difference between the two numbers. After i got the solution easily....
Just i thinking logically...I am not using any mathematical formula and methods.
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suresh
take any two consecutive values, a and b and calculate
((a+b)*b)/a
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