What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following number series?

 5 ? 4 7.5 17 45 

(a) 3.5 (b) 3 (c) 2.5 (d) 2 (e) None of these


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(b) The series is as follows

 × 0.5 + 0.5, × 1 + 1, + 1.5 + 1.5, ....