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CAT/1995
Question . 105
What is the first term of an arithmetic progression of positive integers?
I. Sum of the squares of the first and second term is 116
II. The fifth term is divisible by 7.
A : If the question can be answered with the help of both the statements but not with the help of either statement itself.
B : If the question can not be answered even with the help of both the statements.
C : If the question can be answered with the help of statement II aloneD : If the question can be answered with the help of statement I alone
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(d) (II) is useless
(a) (I) shows that the two integers on squaring add up to 116 < 11²
which means the integers are less than 10.
We further find that the nos. are 10 and 4.