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3968, 63, 8, 3.

I'm lost here, thought it had something to do with square roots but my guess was 1. Usually I see questions like this and it's 4...16...25, etc.

John Barron
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    Welcome to Puzzling.SE! Could you provide proper attribution so we know where this puzzle came from? – Riley Jun 03 '18 at 14:12
  • It appears to be from matrix67.com. – Jaap Scherphuis Jun 03 '18 at 18:11
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    The test seems to be the copyright of Nathan Haselbauer and Mike Dickheiser, and in the introduction to the test they write "We ask that you do not share your answers in any public forum in order to maintain the integrity of the test." – Jaap Scherphuis Jun 03 '18 at 21:42
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I believe the answer is

2

Because:

$\sqrt{3968 + 1} = 63$
$\sqrt{63 + 1} = 8$
$\sqrt{8 + 1} = 3$
$\sqrt{3 + 1} = 2$

P.s: I guess this is a new question not related to matrix67.com

Ahmed Ashour
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