I’m not sure what the “official definition” of a brain teaser is, but I’m not sure if this one qualifies. It’s really just straight up recognizing the pattern. It’s more something out of a Mensa test rather than a traditional brain teaser.
This question is taken from (at least in variant form) my Seagate mentor Norm Binger.
Complete the following series by filling in the two numbers represented as question marks.
1, 2, 4, 11, 22, 44, ?, ?, 514
Shanley has emailed me the correct solution to the problem. A bit of an unfair advantage, though, as he was the only person I asked that was able to solve the problem back when I had first heard of it at Seagate.
Dusty wins this one for not having heard the problem previously.
Props to Parisa for also figuring out the sequence.
Parisa wins the female category!
http://www.research.att.com/~njas/sequences/?q=1%2C+2%2C+4%2C+11%2C+22%2C+44&language=english&go=Search
Well done sir
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