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%I #3 Mar 30 2012 17:39:18
%S 52,28,33,63,73,23,56,89
%N 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.
%H P. Bogg, <a href="http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070215040851AAtJxmz">Answers.yahoo.com</a>
%H K. Kay, <a href="http://www.askmehelpdesk.com/mathematics/puzzling-number-sequence-63685.html">Ask Me Help Desk</a> Feb 17, 2007.
%e What -> 23 + 8 + 1 + 20 = 52
%e is -> 9 + 19 = 28
%e ...
%e this -> 20 + 8 + 9 + 19 = 56
%e sequence -> 19 + 5 + 17 +21 +5 + 14 + 3 + 5 = 89.
%K nonn,dumb,fini,full
%O 1,1
%A James R FitzSimons (cherry(AT)getnet.net) and Troy (bassist555774(AT)yahoo.com), Feb 16 2007
%E Explanation sent by _R. J. Mathar_, Feb 25 2007