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the average of 10 numbers is 40.2 . later it is found that two numbers have been wrongly copied . the first is 16 greater than the actual number and the second number added is 13 instead of 31 . find the correct average .
0general
rs . 705 is divided amongst a , b , c so that 3 times a ' s share , 5 times b ' s share and 4 times c ' s share are all equal . find b ' s share ?
0general
the sale price sarees listed for rs . 175 after successive discount is 20 % and 5 % is ?
2gain
the average salary of all the workers in a workshop is rs . 9500 . the average salary of 7 technicians is rs . 12000 and the average salary of the rest is rs . 6000 . the total number of workers in the workshop is ?
0general
solve x 2 – 3 x – 4 = 0 .
0general
a money lender finds that due to a fall in the annual rate of interest from 8 % to 7 2 / 5 % his yearly income diminishes by rs . 61.50 . his capital is
2gain
a sum of money lent at compound interest for 2 years at 20 % per annum would fetch rs . 482 more , if the interest was payable half yearly than if it was payable annually . the sum is
2gain
a monkey start climbing up a tree 20 ft tall . each hour it hops 3 ft and slips back 2 ft . how much time would it take the monkey to reach the top .
1physics
1 / 0.06 is equal to
0general
rs 3600 is divided into two parts such that one part is put out at 3 % and the other at 5 % . if the annual interest earned from both the investments be rs 144 , find the first part .
2gain
without stoppages , a train travels certain distance with an average speed of 200 km / h , and with stoppages , it covers the same distance with an average speed of 160 km / h . how many minutes per hour the train stops ?
1physics
in a fuel station the service costs $ 1.75 per car , every liter of fuel costs 0.65 $ . assuming that a company owns 12 cars and that every fuel tank contains 56 liters and they are all empty , how much money total will it cost to fuel all cars ?
0general
the price of an item is discounted 2 percent on day 1 of a sale . on day 2 , the item is discounted another 12 percent , and on day 3 , it is discounted an additional 25 percent . the price of the item on day 3 is what percentage of the sale price on day 1 ?
2gain
find the smallest number of four digits exactly divisible by 4 , 5,7 and 8 .
0general
a sum fetched a total simple interest of rs . 2700 at the rate of 6 p . c . p . a . in 3 years . what is the sum ?
2gain
if 20 men can build a water fountain 56 metres long in 21 days , what length of a similar water fountain can be built by 35 men in 3 days ?
1physics
a circular garden is surrounded by a fence of negligible width along the boundary . if the length of the fence is 1 / 5 of th area of the garden . what is the radius of the circular garden ?
3geometry
the average of 1 st 3 of 4 numbers is 6 and of the last 3 are 3 . if the sum of the first and the last number is 13 . what is the last numbers ?
0general
a classroom has equal number of boys and girls . 8 girls left to play kho - kho , leaving twice as many boys as girls in the classroom . what was the total number of girls and boys present initially ?
0general
a person ' s present age is two - fifth of the age of his mother . after 8 years , he will be one - half of the age of his mother . what is the present age of the mother ?
0general
a perfect square is defined as the square of an integer and a perfect cube is defined as the cube of an integer . how many positive integers n are there such that n is less than 1,000 and at the same time n is a perfect square and a perfect cube ?
3geometry
the speed of a boat in still water is 50 kmph and the speed of the current is 20 kmph . find the speed and upstream ?
1physics
if 5 x = 6 y and xy β‰  0 , what is the ratio of 1 / 5 * x to 1 / 8 * y ?
0general
when a number is divided by 6 & then multiply by 12 the answer is 10 what is the no . ?
0general
a company that ships boxes to a total of 13 distribution centers uses color coding to identify each center . if either a single color or a pair of two different colors is chosen to represent each center and if each center is uniquely represented by that choice of one or two colors , what is the minimum number of colors needed for the coding ? ( assume that the order of the colors in a pair does not matter )
0general
a and b start from house at 10 am . they travel on the mg road at 20 kmph and 40 kmph . there is a junction t on their path . a turns left at t junction at 12 : 00 noon , b reaches t earlier , and turns right . both of them continue to travel till 2 pm . what is the distance between a and b at 2 pm
1physics
the circulation for magazine p in 1971 was 4 times the average ( arithmetic mean ) yearly circulation for magazine p for the years 1972 - 1980 . what is the ratio of the circulation in 1971 to the total circulation during 1971 - 1980 for magazine p ?
0general
the regular price per can of a certain brand of soda is $ 0.30 . if the regular price per can is discounted 15 percent when the soda is purchased in 24 - can cases , what is the price of 72 cans of this brand of soda purchased in 24 - can cases ?
2gain
a bag contains 12 red marbles . if someone were to remove 2 marbles from the bag , one at a time , and replace the first marble after it was removed , the probability that neither marble would be red is 9 / 16 . how many marbles are in the bag ?
5other
the average marks of a class of 26 students is 40 and that of another class of 50 students is 60 . find the average marks of all the students ?
0general
a train 125 m long passes a man , running at 6 km / hr in the same direction in which the train is going , in 10 seconds . the speed of the train is ?
1physics
tom and john traveled in the same direction along the equal route at their constant speed rates of 15 km per hour and 10 km per hour , respectively . after 15 minutes tom passed john , tom reaches a certain gas station , how many l minutes it takes john to reach the station ?
1physics
pipe a can fill a tank in 8 hours . due to a leak at the bottom , it takes 12 hours for the pipe a to fill the tank . in what time can the leak alone empty the full tank ?
1physics
three 8 faced dice are thrown together . the probability that all the three show the same number on them is ?
4probability
an escalator is descending at constant speed . a walks down and takes 50 steps to reach the bottom . b runs down and takes 90 steps in the same time as a takes 10 steps . how many steps are visible when the escalator is not operating ?
1physics
how many kg of sugar must be added to 30 kg of 2 % solution of sugar and water to increase it to a 10 % solution ?
0general
each of the integers from 1 to 18 is written on the a seperate index card and placed in a box . if the cards are drawn from the box at random without replecement , how many cards must be drawn to ensure that the product of all the integers drawn is even
0general
suppose f ( x ) is an odd function for which f ( x + 2 ) = f ( x ) for all x , and f ( x ) = x 2 for x 2 ( 0 , 1 ) . compute f ( - 3 / 2 ) + f ( 1 ) .
0general
a lent rs . 5000 to b for 2 years and rs . 3000 to c for 4 years on simple interest at the same rate of interest and received rs . 1980 in all from both of them as interest . the rate of interest per annum is ?
2gain
sari and ken climb up a mountain . at night , they camp together . on the day they are supposed to reach the summit , sari wakes up at 06 : 00 and starts climbing at a constant pace . ken starts climbing only at 08 : 00 , when sari is already 600 meters ahead of him . nevertheless , ken climbs at a constant pace of 500 meters per hour , and reaches the summit before sari . if sari is 50 meters behind ken when he reaches the summit , at what time did ken reach the summit ?
1physics
if x > 0 , x / 50 + x / 5 is what percent of x ?
0general
in what time will a railway train 60 m long moving at the rate of 72 kmph pass a telegraph post on its way ?
1physics
a can do a piece of work in 18 days and b alone can do it in 10 days . b works at it for 5 days and then leaves . a alone can finish the remaining work in
1physics
x starts a business with rs . 45000 . y joins in the business after 3 months with rs . 36000 . what will be the ratio in which they should share the profit at the end of the year ?
5other
a car travels first 160 km at 75 km / hr and the next 160 km at 80 km / hr . what is the average speed for the first 320 km of the tour ?
0general
if a – 8 = b , then determine the value of | a - b | - | b - a | .
0general
the measure of the side of a square is multiplied by 5 . if x represents the perimeter of the original square , what is the value of the new perimeter ?
3geometry
the difference between compound interest and simple interest on a certain amount of money at 5 % per annum for 2 years is 18 . find the sum :
2gain
a can contains a mixture of liquids a and b is the ratio 7 : 5 . when 9 litres of mixture are drawn off and the can is filled with b , the ratio of a and b becomes 7 : 9 . how many liter w of liquid a was contained by the can initially ?
5other
a bus covered a distance of 250 km , partly at an average speed of 40 kmph and partly at 60 kmph . if the total time taken is 6 hours , then the distance covered at 40 kmph is
1physics
a train 360 m long runs with a speed of 45 km / hr . what time will it take to pass a platform of 180 m long ?
1physics
if the length of the longest chord of a certain circle is 22 , what is the radius of that certain circle ?
3geometry
company c produces toy trucks at a cost of $ 5.00 each for the first 100 trucks and $ 3.50 for each additional truck . if 500 toy trucks were produced by company c and sold for $ 20.00 each , what was company c ’ s gross profit ?
2gain
if y is 70 % greater than x , than x is what % less than y ?
0general
in a room filled with 7 people , 3 people have exactly 1 sibling in the room and 4 people have exactly 2 siblings in the room . if two individuals are selected from the room at random , what is the probability that those two individuals are not siblings ?
0general
mohit sold an article for $ 27000 . had he offered a discount of 10 % on the selling price , he would have earned a profit of 8 % . what is the cost price of the article ?
2gain
if a farmer wants to plough a farm field on time , he must plough 260 hectares a day . for technical reasons he ploughed only 85 hectares a day , hence he had to plough 2 more days than he planned and he still has 40 hectares left . what is the area of the farm field and how many days the farmer planned to work initially ?
1physics
on my sister ' s 15 th birthday , she was 159 cm in height , having grown 6 % since the year before . how tall was she the previous year ?
1physics
jim Γ’ € β„’ s taxi service charges an initial fee of $ 2.35 at the beginning of a trip and an additional charge of $ 0.35 for each 2 / 5 of a mile traveled . what is the total charge for a trip of 3.6 miles ?
0general
a special municipal payroll tax charges not tax on a payroll less than $ 200,000 and only 0.2 % on a company ’ s payroll above $ 200,000 . if belfried industries paid $ 400 in this special municipal payroll tax , then they must have had a payroll of
0general
the speed of a boat in still water in 20 km / hr and the rate of current is 3 km / hr . the distance travelled downstream in 24 minutes is :
1physics
what is the sum of all possible solutions to | x - 3 | ^ 2 + | x - 3 | = 42 ?
0general
what is remainder of the division ( 1225 * 1227 * 1229 ) / 12 ?
0general
the sum of three consecutive multiples of 3 is 99 . what is the largest number ?
0general
what number should replace the question mark ? 2 , 16 , 4 , 14 , 6 , 12 , - - - ?
0general
a garrison of 400 men had a provision for 31 days . after 28 days 280 persons re - enforcement leave the garrison . find the number of days for which the remaining ration will be sufficient ?
5other
a father said his son , ` ` i was as old as you are at present at the time of your birth . ` ` if the father age is 62 now , the son age 5 years back was
0general
calculate the average of all the numbers between 7 and 49 which are divisible by 6 .
0general
a certain sum of money is divided among a , b and c such that a gets one - third of what b and c together get and b gets two - seventh of what a and c together get . if the amount received by a is $ 35 more than that received by b , find the total amount shared by a , b and c .
0general
a train 125 m long passes a man , running at 5 km / hr in the same direction in which the train is going , in 10 seconds . the speed of the train is ?
1physics
the number which exceeds 16 % of it by 21 is :
2gain
excluding stoppages , the speed of a bus is 60 kmph and including stoppages , it is 50 kmph . for how many minutes does the bus stop per hour ?
1physics
if 4 ( p ' s capital ) = 6 ( q ' s capital ) = 10 ( r ' s capital ) , then out of the total profit of rs 4960 , r will receive
0general
an isosceles triangle those sides are 13 cm , 13 cm , 10 cm long inscribed in a circle . find the radius of the circle
3geometry
n is an 80 - digit positive integer ( in the decimal scale ) . all digits except the 44 th digit ( from the left ) are 2 . if n is divisible by 13 , find the 26 th digit ?
0general
60 boys can complete a work in 40 days . how many men need to complete twice the work in 20 days
1physics
an outlet pipe empties a tank which is full in 8 hours . if the inlet pipe is kept open , which lets water in at the rate of 8 litres / min then outlet pipe would take 4 hours longer . find the capacity of the tank .
1physics
how should we mix two rice packets to get one 1 kg packet priced at rs 8 when the prices of 1 kg packets of the two types are rs 7.1 and rs 9.2 .
0general
car a runs at the speed of 35 km / hr & reaches its destination in 9 hr . car b runs at the speed of 43 km / h & reaches its destination in 10 h . what is the respective ratio of distances covered by car a & car b ?
1physics
a and b ’ s salaries together amount to rs . 3,000 . a spends 95 % of his salary and b spends 85 % of his . if now their savings are the same , what is a ’ s salary ?
2gain
the average weight of 3 packets a , b and c is 84 kg . another packet d added into the group and the average now becomes 80 kg . if another packet e , whose weight is 3 kg more than that of d , replaces a then the average weight of b , c , d and e becomes 79 kg . the weight of a is :
0general
the consumption of diesel per hour of a bus varies directly as square of its speed . when the bus is travelling at 60 kmph its consumption is 1 litre per hour . if each litre costs $ 30 and other expenses per hous is $ 20 , then what would be the minimum expenditure required to cover a distance of 600 km ?
1physics
if the average of 10 consecutive integers is 19.5 then the 10 th integer is : -
0general
on the first day of her vacation , louisa traveled 100 miles . on the second day , traveling at the same average speed , she traveled 175 miles . if the 100 - mile trip took 3 hours less than the 175 - mile trip , what was the average speed , in miles per hour ?
1physics
at a certain paint store forest green is made by mixing 4 parts blue paint with 3 parts yellow paint . verdant green is made by mixing 4 parts yellow paint with 3 parts blue paint . how many liters of yellow paint must be added to 28 liters of forest green to change it to verdant green ?
0general
the ratio between the length and the breadth of a rectangular park is 3 : 2 . if a man cycling along the boundary of the park at the speed of 12 km / hr completes one round in 8 minutes , then what is the area of the park ( in sq . m ) ?
1physics
in a office work is distribute between p persons . if 1 / 5 members are absent then work increased for each person is ?
0general
what could be the range of a set consisting of odd multiples of 5 ?
0general
a book is bought for $ 60 and sold for $ 75 . what is the profit in percentage ?
2gain
how many multiples of 5 are there between 5 to 85 ?
0general
the difference between a number and its two - fifth is 510 . what is 10 % of that number ?
0general
in a recent election , james received 0.5 percent of the 2,000 votes cast . to win the election , a candidate needed to receive more than 45 percent of the vote . how many additional votes would james have needed to win the election ?
0general
the value of a machine depreciates at 23 % per annum . if its present value is $ 1 , 50,000 , at what price should it be sold after two years such that a profit of $ 24,000 is made ?
2gain
a train travels 240 km in 3 hours and 450 km in 5 hours . find the average speed of train .
1physics
a gambler bought $ 3,000 worth of chips at a casino in denominations of $ 20 and $ 100 . that evening , the gambler lost 16 chips , and then cashed in the remainder . if the number of $ 20 chips lost was 2 more or 2 less than the number of $ 100 chips lost , what is the largest amount of money that the gambler could have received back ?
0general
a train running at the speed of 60 km / hr crosses a pole in 12 seconds . find the length of the train ?
1physics
two trains of equal lengths take 12 sec and 24 sec respectively to cross a telegraph post . if the length of each train be 120 m , in what time will they cross other travelling in opposite direction ?
1physics
set a contains 4 different positive odd integers and 6 different positive even integers . set b contains two different positive odd integers and 3 different positive even integers . if one integer from set a and one integer from set b are chosen at random , what is the probability that the product of the chosen integers is even ?
4probability
a and b can do a piece of work in 16 days , b and c in 24 days , c and a in 12 days . how long will c take to do it ?
1physics
population of a city in 20004 was 1000000 . if in 2005 there isan increment of 15 % , in 2006 there is a decrement of 35 % and in 2007 there is an increment of 45 % , then find the population of city at theend of the year 2007
2gain