Multiple choice

Choose the pair of the numbers which comes next in the given series: 6, 20, 8, 14, 10, 8, 12, ...

  1. 14, 10

  2. 2, 18

  3. 4, 12

  4. 2, 14

  5. 14, 14
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Explanation

This is an alternating addition and subtraction series. In the first pattern, 2 is added to each number to arrive at the next; in the alternate pattern, 6 is subtracted from each number to arrive at the next.

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