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by vaibhav101 » Mon Jun 04, 2018 9:30 am

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find the maximum sum of the A.P. 19, 19/5, 87/5......................

A 356
B 1176/5
C 345
D 654
E 625

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by Brent@GMATPrepNow » Mon Jun 04, 2018 9:52 am
vaibhav101 wrote:find the maximum sum of the A.P. 19, 19/5, 87/5......................

A 356
B 1176/5
C 345
D 654
E 625
What's the source of this question?
It's very un-GMAT-like.

First, students aren't required to know what an A.P. is.
Second, {19, 19/5, 87/5,...} this is not an arithmetic progression (A.P.).
Third, what do you mean by "maximum sum"? Are you thinking of an infinite GEOMETRIC series?
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