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Aaditya Tripathi

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· 1 Months ago

please explain

Question:
DIRECTIONS : What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following number series?


8, 9, 8, 7, 10, 9, 6, 11, 10, ?, 12
Options:
A) 5
B) 7
C) 8
D) 11
E) 14
Solution:

The given is the combination of three series:


1st : 8, 7, 6,  ?


2nd : 9, 10, 11, 12


3rd : 8, 9, 10


Pattern in 1st series is subtract 1 in the preceded term to get  , so the missing term is 6 – 1 = 5. 

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· 1 Months ago

The given is the combination of three series:

1st : 8, 7, 6, ?

2nd : 9, 10, 11, 12

3rd : 8, 9, 10

Pattern in 1st series is subtract 1 in the preceded term to get , so the missing term is 6 – 1 = 5.

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· 1 Months ago

The given is the combination of three series:

1st : 8, 7, 6, ?

2nd : 9, 10, 11, 12

3rd : 8, 9, 10

Pattern in 1st series is subtract 1 in the preceded term to get , so the missing term is 6 – 1 = 5.

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