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I think the answer is (E).

(1) is insufficient since it is just a relation between one term and the following (but it gives no clue about the beginning of the sequence)

(2) is insufficient since it justs gives a relation between the 4th and 5th terms (we can't infer anything about the other terms)

(1) and (2) is insufficient too : \(x5=x4/(x4+1)\) and \(x5=x4/2\) means \(x4/2=x4/(x4+1)\) which translates into \(x4(x4-1)=0\) i.e. x4=0 or x4=1

Then we know that either \(x1=0\) or \(x1=8\), but we don't know which to pick unless we suppose that when they say "positive numbers" they mean "non negative positive numbers"
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I think the answer is (E).

(1) is insufficient since it is just a relation between one term and the following (but it gives no clue about the beginning of the sequence)

(2) is insufficient since it justs gives a relation between the 4th and 5th terms (we can't infer anything about the other terms)

(1) and (2) is insufficient too : \(x5=x4/(x4+1)\) and \(x5=x4/2\) means \(x4/2=x4/(x4+1)\) which translates into \(x4(x4-1)=0\) i.e. x4=0 or x4=1

Then we know that either \(x1=0\) or \(x1=8\), but we don't know which to pick unless we suppose that when they say "positive numbers" they mean "non negative positive numbers"
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Its C

X is "positive" number; 0 is neither positive nor negative
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I think the answer is (E).

(1) is insufficient since it is just a relation between one term and the following (but it gives no clue about the beginning of the sequence)

(2) is insufficient since it justs gives a relation between the 4th and 5th terms (we can't infer anything about the other terms)

(1) and (2) is insufficient too : \(x5=x4/(x4+1)\) and \(x5=x4/2\) means \(x4/2=x4/(x4+1)\) which translates into \(x4(x4-1)=0\) i.e. x4=0 or x4=1

Then we know that either \(x1=0\) or \(x1=8\), but we don't know which to pick unless we suppose that when they say "positive numbers" they mean "non negative positive numbers"
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The answer is C, based on your calculation (which is exactly what i did), BUT here is the trap, the question says its a seq of positive integers, and 0 isn't positive, so x1 = 8
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The answer is C, based on your calculation (which is exactly what i did), BUT here is the trap, the question says its a seq of positive integers, and 0 isn't positive, so x1 = 8
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OK, I still have to get used to the english vocabulary in these tests ;).

For me 0 can be called 'positive' and 'negative' at the same time thus my caveat:

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The answer is C, based on your calculation (which is exactly what i did), BUT here is the trap, the question says its a seq of positive integers, and 0 isn't positive, so x1 = 8
OK, I still have to get used to the english vocabulary in these tests ;).

For me 0 can be called 'positive' and 'negative' at the same time thus my caveat:

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Hi Oski,

for GMAT purposes 0 is not positive and not negative.
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OA is not C . :twisted:
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The answer is C, based on your calculation (which is exactly what i did), BUT here is the trap, the question says its a seq of positive integers, and 0 isn't positive, so x1 = 8
OK, I still have to get used to the english vocabulary in these tests ;).

For me 0 can be called 'positive' and 'negative' at the same time thus my caveat:

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unless we suppose that when they say "positive numbers" they mean "non negative positive numbers"

Hi Oski,

for GMAT purposes 0 is not positive and not negative.
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Thanks ! I'm just starting with it ;)
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I believe that it is C. But if C is not OA, therefore I missed something.

1) \(x_i=\frac{x_{i-1}}{2}\) for i>1
Clear insufficient.
64,32,16,8,4,2,1,1/2....
16,8,4,2,1,1/2,1/4,1/8....

2) second condition says us only about relations between \(x_5\) and \(x_4\). insufficient.

1)&2) \(\frac{x_{4}}{2}=\frac{x_4}{x_4+1}\) ---> \(x_4=0\) or \(x_4=1\). 0 is not positive, so \(x_4=1\) and \(x_1=8\)
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Yeah seems like C to me as well , What is the OA ?



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