1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9

what is the next term in the series

Question

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9

what is the next term in the series

anonymous · Answer

10?

anonymous · Answer

yes this is a answer if it is a series of consecutive natural numbers, ythere might be other solutions as well

anonymous · Answer

i knew you were gonna ask about other solutions

anonymous · Answer

The answer is 42.

anonymous · Answer

how

anonymous · Answer

The answer is always 42. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrases_from_The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy#Answer_to_the_Ultimate_Question_of_Life.2C_the_Universe.2C_and_Everything_.2842.29)

anonymous · Answer

hey how about 11, i can say multiples of 10 aren't included hehe

anonymous · Answer

i still dont get the answer 42,

11 can be more justified if we say it is a series of consecutive palindromes @ishaan

anonymous · Answer

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=meaning+of+life

anonymous · Answer

yeah stom agree

anonymous · Answer

Nice explanation by Fixee: http://math.stackexchange.com/a/88628/2109

anonymous · Answer

attachment

asnaseer · Answer

like @Tomas.A next number could be zero if this is a sequence of monotonically increasing numbers mod 10

asnaseer · Answer

It could also be zero as you could consider it to be the digits in the decimal expression for:$$\frac{1}{8.10000007}=0.12345678905654626741256312112599771866...$$

anonymous · Answer

A, B, C, D, E, F ..... next??

anonymous · Answer

its possible for the next term to be any number we want.  We can create formulas using some linear algebra, and working linear recursion problems "backwards".