Question

State the following statement is True or False
The next term in this series $2,3,5,7,11$ is 17

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is B False

Difference between first two terms that is 2 and 3$=1$

Difference between 3 and 5$=2$

Difference between 5 and 7$=3$

Difference between 7 and 11$=4$

The difference of the given series is in AP with the difference of 1.

$\therefore$The next term of the series after $11=11+5=16$