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Official 2018 Paper 2 · Q16

Paper 2Logic & proofStatisticsSequences & seriesNumber & counting

In this question, x1x_1, x2x_2, x3x_3, …\ldots is an arithmetic progression, all of whose terms are integers.

Let nn be a positive integer. If the median of the first nn terms of the sequence is an integer, which of the following three statements must be true?

  • I The median of the first n+2n+2 terms is an integer.
  • II The median of the first 2n2n terms is an integer.
  • III The median of x2x_2, x4x_4, x6x_6, …\ldots, x2nx_{2n} is an integer.
Anone of them
BI only
CII only
DIII only
EI and II only
FI and III only
GII and III only
HI, II and III

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