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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What's the source of this question?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
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?