Tuesday, June 5, 2007

GRE ALGEBRA QUESTION OF THE DAY

In sequence S, the 3rd term is 4, the 2nd term is three times the 1st, and the 3rd term is four
times the 2nd. What is the 1st term in sequence S?
(A) 0
(B)1/3
(C) 1
(D)3/2
(E) 4

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

answer is b by gudaswami

Anonymous said...

B

Unknown said...

b

Unknown said...

let the terms be x,y,z ..
z=4 .. z=4y ..
4=4y .. y=1 ..
and y=3x .. 1=3x ..
x=1/3 ...