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Find out the missing term of the number series given below.

25, ?, 256, 476, 745, 1050

Options

A

100

B

120

C

105

D

110

E

130

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Correct Answer :

Option A

100

100

Solution :

The correct answer is 100.

To find the missing term in the number series, let us analyze the differences between consecutive terms in the series: 25, ?, 256, 476, 745, 1050.

First, we calculate the differences between the known consecutive terms at the end of the series:
1050-745=305
745-476=269
476-256=220

Now, let us examine the differences of these differences (the second level of differences):
305-269=36=62
269-220=49=72

We can observe a clear pattern where the second-level differences are consecutive perfect squares in decreasing order (72, 62, ...). Continuing this pattern backward, the preceding second-level differences must be:
82=64
92=81

Using these values, we can determine the first-level differences for the beginning of the series:
Let the difference between 256 and the missing term (?) be d2:
220-d2=64d2=220-64=156

Let the difference between the missing term (?) and 25 be d1:
156-d1=81d1=156-81=75

Now, we can find the missing term by adding d1 to the first term:
Missing Term=25+75=100

We can verify this result with the next term:
100+156=256, which perfectly matches the third term in the series.

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