Question

Take any positive whole number not greater than 50. If the number is even, divide it by 2.If the number
is odd, multiply it by 3, and add 1 to the
result. Apply the same method to the resulting numbers until you finally arrive at the number 1. shown
below is the chain of numbers that results from
this method if you begin with 15.
15->46->23->70->35->106->53->160->80->40->20->10->5->16->8->4->2->1
As you can see, the number 15 requires 17 steps to end up at 1.Of the numbers not greater than
50, which takes the longest to reach the number 1 ?
O A 26
B. 27
OC. 28
0 D. 29
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