document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=274051>Question 274051</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> consider the series :27, 24, 20, 15, 9, 2, what come next ?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A. 0.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B. -6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C. -1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "D. 0<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #200070 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=JenniferTutors><B>JenniferTutors(83)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-08.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=JenniferTutors><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=JenniferTutors><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=200070\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> In this series of numbers, you can conclude the pattern goes up one number, but is going backwards. (you might hit a negative number)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "From 27 to 24, the difference is 3. From 24 to 20, the difference is 4. You keep noticing the pattern between each number. When you get to the end, 9 to 2, the difference equals 7, whereas the next number in following the pattern would be 8 (numbers backwards). If you draw a number line consisting of 1 through 10 on both the positive and negative sides, put a point marker on the positive 2 and go back 8 numbers you will land on -6. Or you can conclude that 2 + (-8) = -6\r<BR>\n" );
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