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Which set of numbers is arranged in increasing order? A. , , , B. , , , C. , , , D. , , ,

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Answer: sorry if it is not what you wanted I wasn't sure on what to submit

Which set of numbers is arranged in increasing order? A. , , , B. , , , C. , , , D-example-1
Which set of numbers is arranged in increasing order? A. , , , B. , , , C. , , , D-example-2
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Answer: Option B.

Explanation:

By an online search, i found that the options are:

A: (123873, 24765, 25000, 5678)

B: (16287, 16728, 16827, 16872)

C: (98782, 98728, 98287, 98278)

D: (78082, 78802, 78208, 78028)​

The numbers will be arranged in increasing order if the difference between all the pairs of consecutive numbers in the set is positive (where the order of the numbers if from left to right):

For example, for the set A the differences are;

1) 24765 - 123873 = -99108

The difference is negative, then the second number is smaller than the first one, then the numbers are not arranged in increasing order.

Now let's see with set B:

1) 16728 - 16287 = 441

2) 16827 - 16728 = 99

3) 16872 - 16827 = 45

All the differences are positive, then the numbers on this set are arranged in increasing order.

We could easily see that in sets C and D the numbers are not arranged in increasing order, in set C the second number is smaller than the first one.

and in set D the third number is smaller than the second number.

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