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greenoak..that was awesome..i went for C..didnt realize that 633=39K+11N..

only got this after I read ur post..this question is definetly a 700+ level question

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Hi, vdhawan1,
I have A for this one. Here's my reasoning:

Let’s rewrite our series like this:
t1 t3 t5 …
t2 t4 t6 …

and this is, according to the given formula, can be written as
t1 t1+11 t1+2*11 … t1+11*n
t2 t2+11 t2+2*11 … t2+11*n

So, it becomes clear that we in fact have two arithmetic series here, mixed with each other. For both series, d=11.

Now let’s analyze the statements.

(statement 1): First, let’s check if 633 can be represented as 39+11*n, where n is an integer. Yes, it’s possible, 633=11*54+39. So, 633 is in the series, and 1) is insufficient.

(statement 2): Check if 633 can be represented as 43+11*n – this time, it can’t be. Thus, 633 is not one of t2, t4, t6, … and we have no info regarding if it is in t1, t3, t5, … subseries. Hence, 2) is insufficient.

Therefore, the answer is A.
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Thanks, fresinha12! My first thought was C, too, just because of the formula type.
But this forum has taught me to watch for traps...



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