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24 Oct 2021, 10:14
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Finish these sequences...
3, 9, -1, 1, -9, 81, X
3, 2, -2, 16, -7, X
Thanks.
3, 9, -1, 1, -9, 81, X
3, 2, -2, 16, -7, X
Thanks.
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I'm not sure whether these questions are meant to be a diversion from studying for the actual GMAT, but I I feel that I must mention that the GMAT will NEVER test one's ability to find missing terms in a sequence unless the sequence is defined for us. The reason is that there's no way that we can definitively determine ONE (and ONLY ONE) pattern in a given sequence.
Consider this example: 1, 2, 4, __
What's the missing term here?
Well, if we read the sequence as doubling from one term to the next, the next term is 8
HOWEVER, if we notice that we keep adding successively larger integers to each term (i.e., add 1, then add 2, then add 3, etc.) the next term is 7
Likewise, (if we want to get a bit silly), we might look at the given sequence (5, 28, 57, 78, 125, __) and say that the missing term is 88. Why?
Because 5 is my favorite number, 28 is my 2nd favorite number, 57 is my 3rd favorite number, ... and 88 is 6th favorite number.
So, rest assured, you won't be required to find missing terms on a GMAT sequence, unless the sequence is defined for us.
Cheers,
Brent
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