Look carefully for the pattern, and then choose which pair of numbers comes…
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Look carefully for the pattern, and then choose which pair of numbers comes next.
28 25 5 21 18 5 14
- A.
11 5
- B.
10 7
- C.
11 8
- D.
5 10
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Correct answer: A
Answer: 11 5
Explanation:
Every third term is 5 (the 3rd and 6th terms are 5).
The other terms form a decreasing sequence that alternates subtracting 3 and subtracting 4: 28 → 25 (−3), 25 → 21 (−4), 21 → 18 (−3), 18 → 14 (−4).
Continue the alternation: subtract 3 from 14 to get 11, and the following third term is 5.
Therefore the next pair of numbers is 11 5.