mitaliisrani wrote:The sum of a natural number and its reciprocal is an even number. How many such natural numbers exist ?
A) None
B) 1
C) 2
D) 99
E) None
OA [spoiler]B[spoiler][/spoiler]
GMAT uses the term "positive integers" for the "natural numbers".
There's only one positive integer, 1, whose reciprocal is also a positive integer, 1, and hence the sum of positive integer and its reciprocal is an even number, 2.
[spoiler]
B
Interesting to see two choices crying "None", very unGMATish overall, really...[/spoiler]
The mind is everything. What you think you become. -Lord Buddha
Sanjeev K Saxena
Quantitative Instructor
The Princeton Review - Manya Abroad
Lucknow-226001
www.manyagroup.com