CAT 2017 Slot 2 QA Q27 Progressions & Series

Question 27 of the Quantitative Ability (QA) section, CAT 2017 Slot 2, with CAT's official answer.

Let a1, a2, a3, a4, a5 be a sequence of five consecutive odd numbers. Consider a new sequence of five consecutive even numbers ending with 2a3. If the sum of the numbers in the new sequence is 450, then a5 is [TITA]

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Answer: 51 Progressions & Series TITA

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