If you know the melody!
There ain’t no words to this song,
Hey, la-li, la-li, lo.
You make ‘em up as you go along,
Hey la-li, la-li, lo.
THE QUESTION:
...13 13 1 13 13 2 13 13 3...
...pair pair single, pair pair single, pair pair single...
...a pair has to add up to 13...
...each single counts by increments of 1, starting from 0...
..so then, what number must be next in this sequence?...
AN EXPLANATION:
...allow me to explain...
...8+5=13...the pair of numbers 8 and 5
...4+9=13...the second pair
...1...single
...7+6=13...another pair
...10+3=13...pair
...2...single
...0+X=13...therefore, the next number in the sequence has to be 13
THE ANSWER
The 13, 13, 1 refers to a grouping of the numbers in the sequence - pair, pair, single - that is <number1, number2>, <number3, number4>, <number5>. So then, every 5 numbers can be grouped and then this group/pattern keeps repeating. The first four number are grouped as two pairs. Every pair adds up to 13. Then follows the single. As the groups repeat, the single number increments by 1 while the pairs just have to add up to 13.
Sorry, pal, you may be good, very good, but this is all gobbly-gook to me.
Neither the question nor the answer make any sense.... For a riddle to be a riddle, there has to be a logic of some sort implicit in the question that leads to an answer, and there is none of any of that here... Even lawyers can do better than that!
Explain the logic to me, if you please? Or not, as you please.
Perry
