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A pattern counts backwards 20, 18, 16, 14. The next number is:

A13
B10
C15
D12
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. 12
1. Each number is two less than the one before. 2. Fourteen take away two is twelve. 3. So the next number is 12. _Source: syllabus Mathematics Class II, Chapter 5, Patterns._
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