What will be the maximum sum of 44, 42, 40, …… ?
(A) 502
(B) 504
(C) 506
(D) 500
Answer: (C)
Explanation: This is a decreasing arithmetic progression with absolute difference as 2. The series is 44, 42, 40 …… 0, -2, -4……
The sum would be maximum if we consider the series till 0 or 2.
So sum would be 506 using the AP Sum formula given here