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A126767
Map the sentence "What is the next number in this sequence?" to numbers by translating each letter to its position in the alphabet (a -> 1, b -> 2, ..., z -> 26) and then adding the numbers corresponding to the letters in each word.
0
52, 28, 33, 63, 73, 23, 56, 89
OFFSET
1,1
LINKS
EXAMPLE
What -> 23 + 8 + 1 + 20 = 52
is -> 9 + 19 = 28
...
this -> 20 + 8 + 9 + 19 = 56
sequence -> 19 + 5 + 17 +21 +5 + 14 + 3 + 5 = 89.
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A048365 A317416 A033372 * A143723 A252713 A249404
KEYWORD
nonn,dumb,fini,full
AUTHOR
James R FitzSimons (cherry(AT)getnet.net) and Troy (bassist555774(AT)yahoo.com), Feb 16 2007
EXTENSIONS
Explanation sent by R. J. Mathar, Feb 25 2007
STATUS
approved