Posted by Joel on September 22, 2002 at 20:05:28:
In Reply to: Re: consecutive numbers posted by Brad Paul on September 21, 2002 at 12:57:40:
: : how many sets of five consecutive numbers can be made from twenty five consecutive numbers?
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: The question is not real clear, but another answer could be 21.
: {1,2,3,4,5}, {2,3,4,5,6}, .... {21,22,23,24,25}
It may not have been what "oldguy" intended, but the question WAS real clear. Webster's defines consecutive as "following one another in uninterrupted order; successive; consecutive numbers such as 5,6,7,8."
1 5 21 23 25 are in ascending order, not consecutive order.
Brad's answer (this one) is the only correct answer to the problem as it was stated.