(42,15,3)
(24,20,2)
(?,12,4)
? indicates the number I do not know
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It would be good to tell us where the pattern comes from - otherwise, we may as well consider this answer a good general case for, "It could be anything!" – Milo Brandt Jul 07 '15 at 02:00
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One possible answer:
The first term is greater than the second term by the third term raised to itself. Using a formula, the tuples are generated by $$(x+y^y,x,y)$$ for some given $x$ and $y$. It is easy to check that the two given tuples follow this rule. That would make the third tuple $$(12+4^4,12,4)$$ or $?=268$.
Note that this is not the only possible answer, but it does work and is at least somewhat satisfying in my opinion.
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