Number Series - Verbal and Reasoning

Directions to SolveLook carefully for the pattern, and then choose which pair of numbers comes next.
Q1:

17 14 14 11 11 8 8

A 8 5

B 5 2

C 8 2

D 5 5

E 5 8

ANS:D - 5 5

In this simple subtraction with repetition series, each number is repeated, then 3 is subtracted to give the next number, which is then repeated, and so on.