Find out the missing term of the number series given below.
60, ?, 63.6, 70.8, 99.6, 243.6
Correct Answer :
61.2
Solution :
To find the missing term of the number series, let us analyze the pattern of differences between consecutive terms.
Let the given series be:
First, let's calculate the differences between the known consecutive terms at the end of the series:
Now, let us examine the relationship between these differences: 7.2, 28.8, and 144.
We can see that:
The ratio of the differences is increasing by 1 each time. Specifically:
The difference between the 3rd and 4th term is .
The difference between the 4th and 5th term is .
The difference between the 5th and 6th term is .
Following this pattern backwards:
The difference between the 2nd and 3rd term () multiplied by 3 should equal the next difference 7.2.
Similarly, the difference between the 1st and 2nd term () multiplied by 2 should equal the next difference 2.4.
Let us verify this by calculating the missing term :
Using :
Let us check if this matches with :
, which is indeed the third term in the series.
Therefore, the missing term is 61.2.
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