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GMAT Question of the Day (February 22)

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The sequence a_1, a_2, a_3, ... , a_n, ... is such that a_n=a_{n-1}+a_{n-2} for all n \ge 3. If a_1 = 3 and a_5 = 6, what is the value of a_2 ?

A. -3
B. -1
C. 0
D. 2
E. 3

 

Question Discussion & Explanation
Correct Answer - C - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer)

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Verbal

The nephew of Pliny the Elder wrote the only eyewitness account of the great eruption of Vesuvius in two letters to the historian Tacitus.

(A) The nephew of Pliny the Elder wrote the only eyewitness account of the great eruption of Vesuvius in two letters to the historian Tacitus.
(B) To the historian Tacitus, the nephew of Pliny the Elder wrote two letters, being the only eyewitness accounts of the great eruption of Vesuvius.
(C) The only eyewitness account is in two letters by the nephew of Pliny the Elder writing to the historian Tacitus an account of the great eruption of Vesuvius.
(D) Writing the only eyewitness account, Pliny the Elder’s nephew accounted for the great eruption of Vesuvius in two letters to the historian Tacitus.
(E) In two letters to the historian Tacitus, the nephew of Pliny the Elder wrote the only eyewitness account of the great eruption of Vesuvius

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