English and Logical Reasoning Prep Guide
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- English and Logical Reasoning Prep Guide
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- Logical Reasoning
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- Series Completion
English and Logical Reasoning Prep Guide · Logical Reasoning · Series Completion
Paragraph: This set contains additional number series questions,...
Paragraph: This set contains additional number series questions, some of which are in Roman numerals. These items differ from Sets 1,2 , and 3 because they ask you to find the number that fits somewhere into the middle of the series. Some of the items involve both numbers and letters; for these questions, look for a number series and a letter series.Question: Look at this series: 8, 43, 11, 41, \_\_\_\_ , 39, 17, . . . What number should fill in the blank?
Options
- A8
- B14
- C43
- D44
Correct answer
B. 14
Step-by-step solution
This is a simple alternating addition and subtraction series. The first series begins with 8 and adds 3; the second begins with 43 and subtracts 2.