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John, a computer enthusiast, has a made a new code that generates a series of numbers as given. Find the next number that would be generated.


\( 17,13,5,18,20,25, ? \)

A
28
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B
14
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C
21
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7
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Solution

The correct option is C 21
Numbering the letters of the alphabet, we get:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Now, the letters on a computer keyboard begin as 'QWERTY'.

Writing down the number corresponding to each of these letters, we get:
Q W E R T Y
17 23 5 18 20 25

This is the same as the given series: 17, 23, 5, 18, 20, 25

Hence, the next number in the series will be the number corresponding to the letter on the keyboard after 'Y'.

The letter after 'Y' on the keyboard = U

Number corresponding to 'U' = 21

Hence, the next number in the series will be 21.

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