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To: Cage Rattler who wrote (63)	9/13/1999 5:02:00 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 96

9 81 72 63 54 appears to be 9(1 9 8 7 6), so one continuation would be 45 36 27 18 9, and then sequence repeats. One problem with these sequence problems is that theoretically ANY* number as the next in the sequence is valid. If the sequence is N numbers long, add to it any number as the continuation. It is always possible to fit a polynomial of degree N+2 to the sequence. That poolynomial then is the generating rule. What is usually meant as a solution is either a simple or a "trick" continuation.