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Select the number from among the given options that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series.
543, 518, 495, 474, 455, ?

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SSC CGL 2024 (Tier-I) Previous Year Paper (17-Sep-2024) (Shift 3)
The correct answer is

438

The series decreases as follows: 543 − 25 = 518, 518 − 23 = 495, 495 − 21 = 474, 474 − 19 = 455, and 455 − 17 = 438. The pattern shows decreasing subtractions (25, 23, 21, 19, 17).

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