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Problem
The increasing sequence of positive integers has the property that If , then is
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Solution
Let , so . Now and are divisible by , so is divisible by 8, so is divisible by 8. It's now easy to try the multiples of to get that (all the other possibilities violate the condition , which comes from the fact that the sequence is increasing). Hence .
Final answer
D