which of the following can be used to construct a pattern of 10 numbers for which it would be mathematically impossible to predict the 11th term? Select all that apply.

A. make a pattern by asking each of 10 friends what their favorite number is.
B. make a pattern starting with 2, where each number is the next digit of e(2.718.....)
C. make a pattern by counting the number of letters in each word of the Gettysburg Address, starting with the first word
D. Make a pattern where each number is a square of the number before it, plus 7 times the cube of the number before that

Question

which of the following can be used to construct a pattern of 10 numbers for which it would be mathematically impossible to predict the 11th term? Select all that apply.

A. make a pattern by asking each of 10 friends what their favorite number is.
B. make a pattern starting with 2, where each number is the next digit of e(2.718.....)
C. make a pattern by counting the number of letters in each word of the Gettysburg Address, starting with the first word
D. Make a pattern where each number is a square of the number before it, plus 7 times the cube of the number before that

anonymous · Answer

or E. which of the following can be used to construct a pattern of 10 numbers for which it would be mathematically impossible to predict the 11th term? Select all that apply.

A. make a pattern by asking each of 10 friends what their favorite number is.
B. make a pattern starting with 2, where each number is the next digit of e(2.718.....)
C. make a pattern by counting the number of letters in each word of the Gettysburg Address, starting with the first word
D. Make a pattern where each number is a square of the number before it, plus 7 times the cube of the number before that.  
E. make a pattern from winning lottery tickets.

anonymous · Answer

I said A

anonymous · Answer

maybe E I think also

anonymous · Answer

i'm not SURE abt the others :(

blurbendy · Answer

hm, A and E see plausible.  im not sure about E, but A seems like a good choice

blurbendy · Answer

seem*

anonymous · Answer

do u know what else???

blurbendy · Answer

i dont think any of the others work, but im not 100% positive

anonymous · Answer

I really want to get this problem right

blurbendy · Answer

bump your question to see what others think

anonymous · Answer

ok :(

dumbcow · Answer

i would just go with A.... its not impossible to predict(guess) the winning lottery number just very implausible

anonymous · Answer

it's implausible? really?

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

E is an answer assuming lottery numbers are randomly generated

I guess you could argue if it's pseudo random, then you can predict it


C is definitely an answer because there is no pattern to the words used in the address

anonymous · Answer

so just A & C?

anonymous · Answer

i would not say E because if you know that it is a sequence of winning lottery tickets, the next one in the sequence would be the next winning lottery ticket 
but who knows what this really means?

anonymous · Answer

ok ok then....

anonymous · Answer

C. make a pattern by counting the number of letters in each word of the Gettysburg Address, starting with the first word
 this one you would know what the next number is by looking at the gettysburg address

anonymous · Answer

ok i'm gonna say A&C

anonymous · Answer

hope i'm right

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

oh true if you had the full address you could predict the 11th term

but in general, you can't predict what's next

anonymous · Answer

so what r u saying

anonymous · Answer

oh right, that C would work

dumbcow · Answer

hmm ok i change my mind on E
pick A and E

anonymous · Answer

what why?

dumbcow · Answer

guessing isn't same thing as predicting...just like you may guess what your 11th friend's fav num is...but its impossible to predict
so its impossible to predict the next random lottery number

anonymous · Answer

if u say e, I think I should pick a, c & e right?

dumbcow · Answer

no you can predict the next word of gettysburgh address

anonymous · Answer

i mean the Gettysburg address is so random

dumbcow · Answer

its not random? its a fixed document

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

C depends on if you have the full address with you or not

if you do, then you can determine the 11th term

if you only have the first ten words, then you cannot predict the next word (and predict the 11th term)

anonymous · Answer

no i mean to say that i don't think there would be a pattern

anonymous · Answer

well it says that make a pattern by counting the number of letters in EACH WORD of the Gettysburg Address, starting with the first word

dumbcow · Answer

this question is too vague :{

anonymous · Answer

so isn't that the whole address

anonymous · Answer

i know right :(

dumbcow · Answer

using that logic, you have to pick B too ... since if you dont look uo the 11th digit of "e" it also has no pattern

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

I'm sure you can somehow determine the 11th digit of e using some formula or algorithm though

anonymous · Answer

but doesn't e only have 9 digits after the decimal

dumbcow · Answer

true

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

e is like pie, it goes on forever

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

pi*

anonymous · Answer

yeah so i don't think that one would be it

anonymous · Answer

i cant take any more time on this problem D:

anonymous · Answer

i need to move on

dumbcow · Answer

i was just gonna say that ^^
A , E, maybe C

anonymous · Answer

ok i'll do those 3

anonymous · Answer

OH! that's the only problem i missed!!!!!!

anonymous · Answer

thank u all anyways! :)

blurbendy · Answer

what was the answer?

anonymous · Answer

idk. it doesn't tell u!!!! D:

blurbendy · Answer

aw man.  oh well

anonymous · Answer

sorry. i'll let u know if i know the answer like 2morow

blurbendy · Answer

cool thanks :)

anonymous · Answer

yea... i know

anonymous · Answer

no problem :)