Brain Teaser: What Do These Sequences Have in Common?

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1,8,15,22,29,36,...

49,343,2401,....

77,74,71,68,65,....

What do all these sequences have in common?
 
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Well, they're all simple sequences...

n=(n-1)+7
n=(n-1)x7
n=(n-1)-3
 
- All of the numbers in the sequences are integers.
- If you concatenate the digits of the sequences, each one has the digits "201".
- Each sequence's odd-numbered entries are odd.
- If you concatenate the digits of each sequence, and add the 25th through 35th digits, you'll get the same total, 42.

DaveE
 
sigh.

Commas, ellipses and integers.

Asked & answered.

math_04: we've given answers that have met the criteria. Either grant us a win or tell us there's a better answer than the ones we've provided.
 
I guess its the number seven and the digits being integers. Am I getting the right answer to the teasers?





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I don't see what 7 has to do with the third sequence.