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a lady has fine gloves and hats in her closet - 18 blue , 32 red , and 25 yellow . the lights are out and it is totally dark . in spite of darkness , she can make out the difference between a hat and a glove . she takes out an item out of the closet only if she is sure that it is a glove . how many gloves must she take out to make sure she has a pair of each color ?
0general
of the total amount that jill spent on a shopping trip , excluding taxes , she spent 40 percent on clothing , 30 percent on food , and 30 percent on other items . if jill paid a 4 percent tax on the clothing , no tax on the food , and an 8 percent tax on all other items , then the total tax that she paid was what percent of the total amount that she spent , excluding taxes ?
0general
a student chose a number , multiplied it by 5 , then subtracted 138 from the result and got 102 . what was the number he chose ?
0general
in a class , 30 students pass in english and 20 students in maths , while some students among these pass in both . how many students do only english as compared to those doing only maths ?
5other
if 31 / 198 = 0.1565 , what is the 97 nd digit to the right of the decimal point of the fraction ?
0general
sally has a gold credit card with a certain spending limit , and a platinum card with twice the spending limit of the gold card . currently , she has a balance on her gold card that is 1 / 3 of the spending limit on that card , and she has a balance on her platinum card that is 1 / 8 of the spending limit on that card . if sally transfers the entire balance on her gold card to her platinum card , what portion of her limit on the platinum card will remain unspent ?
0general
robert spent $ 100 in buying raw materials , $ 125 in buying machinery and 10 % of the total amount he had as cash with him . what was the total amount ?
2gain
a 12 % stock yields 8 % . the market value of the stock is :
2gain
there is a square with sides of 13 . what is the area of the biggest circle that can be cut out of this square ?
3geometry
how long does a train 130 m long running at the speed of 98 km / hr takes to cross a bridge 160 m length ?
1physics
a , band c enter into partnership . a invests 3 times as much as b and b invests two - third of what c invests . at the end of the year , the profit earned is rs . 5500 . what is the share of b ?
2gain
if { x } is the product of all even integers from 1 to x inclusive , what is the greatest prime factor of { 14 } + { 12 } ?
0general
if x + ( 1 / x ) = 5 , what is the value of w = x ^ 2 + ( 1 / x ) ^ 2 ?
0general
a metallic sheet is of rectangular shape with dimensions 48 m x 36 m . from each of its corners , a square is cut off so as to make an open box . if the length of the square is 7 m , the volume of the box ( in m 3 ) is :
3geometry
if the price of a certain computer increased 30 percent from d dollars to 351 dollars , then 2 d =
0general
a certain number of men can do a work in 54 days . if there were 6 men more it could be finished in 6 days less . how many men were there in the beginning ?
1physics
in traveling from a dormitory to a certain city , a student went 1 / 2 of the way by foot , 3 / 5 of the way by bus , and the remaining 4 kilometers by car . what is the distance , in kilometers , from the dormitory to the city ?
1physics
a small pool filled only with water will require an additional 500 gallons of water in order to be filled to 80 % of its capacity . if pumping in these additional 500 gallons of water will increase the amount of water in the pool by 30 % , what is the total capacity of the pool in gallons ?
0general
a certain bag contains 60 balls β€” 22 white , 18 green , 17 yellow , 3 red , and 1 purple . if a ball is to be chosen at random , what is the probability that the ball will be neither red nor purple ?
5other
if a speaks the truth 40 % of the times , b speaks the truth 20 % of the times . what is the probability that at least one will tell the truth
2gain
find the number of zeroes in 58 ! ( 58 factorial )
5other
find the cost of fencing around a circular field of diameter 36 m at the rate of rs . 3.50 a meter ?
1physics
a number when divided by 342 gives a remainder 47 . when the same number ift divided by 19 , what would be the remainder ?
0general
which is the least number that must be subtracted from 1100 so that the remainder when divided by 7 , 12 , 16 is 4 ?
0general
two integers are in the ratio of 1 to 4 . if 12 is added to the smaller number , the ratio becomes 1 to 1 . find the larger integer .
5other
the salaries of a and b together amount to $ 4000 . a spends 95 % of his salary and b , 85 % of his . if now , their savings are the same , what is a ' s salary ?
2gain
1 / 2 + [ ( 2 / 3 * 3 / 8 ) + 4 ] - 8 / 16 =
0general
michelle deposited a certain sum of money in a savings account on july 1 st , 2007 . she earns an 6 % interest compounded semiannually . the sum of money in the account on december 31 st , 2009 is approximately what percent of the initial deposit ?
2gain
a company producing fruit juice changed its packaging from boxes measuring 5 x 10 x 20 centimeters to boxes measuring 6 x 10 x 20 centimeters . if the price of a box did not change and all boxes are full of juice , by approximately what percent did the price of the juice decrease ?
0general
if $ 5,000 is invested in an account at a simple annual rate of r percent , the interest is $ 250 . when $ 19,000 is invested at the same interest rate , what is the interest from the investment ?
2gain
a man can row 4.2 km / hr in still water . it takes him twice as long to row upstream as to row downstream . what is the rate of the current ?
0general
divide rs . 116000 among 3 persons a , b and c such that the ratio of the shares of a and b is 3 : 4 and that of b : c is 5 : 6 . find the share of a ?
5other
the diagonal of a rhombus are 40 m and 30 m . its area is :
3geometry
in a certain corporation , there are 300 male employees and 150 female employees . it is known that 40 % of the male employees have advanced degrees and 40 % of the females have advanced degrees . if one of the 450 employees is chosen at random , what is the probability this employee has an advanced degree or is female ?
5other
in a park there are two ponds with both brown ducks and green ducks . in the smaller pond there are 20 ducks and in the larger pond there are 80 ducks . if 20 % of the ducks in the smaller pond are green and 15 % of the ducks in the larger pond are green , then what percentage of ducks are green ?
2gain
the current of a stream runs at the rate of 5 kmph . a boat goes 6 km and back to the starting point in 2 hours , then find the speed of the boat in still water ?
1physics
if two projectiles are launched at the same moment from 1386 km apart and travel directly towards each other at 445 km per hour and 545 km per hour respectively , how many minutes will it take for them to meet ?
1physics
find the average of all the numbers between 11 and 21 which are divisible by 2 .
0general
a train speeds past a pole in 15 sec and a platform 140 m long in 25 sec , its length is ?
1physics
a shopkeeper sells 20 % of his stock at 10 % profit ans sells the remaining at a loss of 5 % . he incurred an overall loss of rs . 400 . find the total worth of the stock ?
2gain
the events a and b are independent , the probability that event a occurs is greater than 0 , and the probability that event a occurs is twice the probability that event b occurs . the probability that at least one of events a and b occurs is 12 times the probability that both events a and b occur . what is the probability that event a occurs ?
0general
a snooker tournament charges $ 40.00 for vip seats and $ 15.00 for general admission ( β€œ regular ” seats ) . on a certain night , a total of 320 tickets were sold , for a total cost of $ 7,500 . how many fewer tickets were sold that night for vip seats than for general admission seats ?
3geometry
a sum of money is to be divided among ann , bob and chloe . first , ann receives $ 4 plus one - half of what remains . next , bob receives $ 4 plus one - third of what remains . finally , chloe receives the remaining $ 32 . how much money r did bob receive ?
0general
a ’ s speed is 20 / 12 times that of b . if a and b run a race , what part of the length of the race should a give b as a head start , so that the race ends in a dead heat ?
0general
a train speeds past a pole in 15 seconds and a platform 130 meters long in 25 seconds . what is the length of the train ( in meters ) ?
1physics
calculate the time it will take for a full tank to become completely empty due to a leak given that the tank could be filled in 7 hours , but due to the leak in its bottom it takes 8 hours to be filled ?
1physics
a is 2 times as fast as b . a alone can do the work in 20 days . if a and b working together in how many days will the work be completed ?
1physics
company s produces two kinds of stereos : basic and deluxe . of the stereos produced by company s last month , 2 / 3 were basic and the rest were deluxe . if it takes 1.2 as many hours to produce a deluxe stereo as it does to produce a basic stereo , then the number of hours it took to produce the deluxe stereos last month was what fraction of the total number of hours it took to produce all the stereos ?
0general
a train leaves mumabai at 9 am at a speed of 30 kmph . after one hour , another train leaves mumbai in the same direction as that of the first train at a speed of 60 kmph . when and at what distance from mumbai do the two trains meet ?
1physics
a = 4 ^ 15 - 625 ^ 3 and a / x is an integer , where x is a positive integer greater than 1 , such that it does not have a factor p such that 1 < p < x , then how many different values for x are possible ?
0general
a envelop weight 8.5 gm , if 800 of these envelop are sent with an advertisement mail . how much wieght ?
0general
in a city , 35 % of the population is composed of migrants , 20 % of whom are from rural areas . of the local population , 48 % is female while this figure for rural and urban migrants is 30 % and 40 % respectively . if the total population of the city is 728400 , what is its female population ?
2gain
a batsman scored 120 runs whichincluded 3 boundaries and 8 sixes . what % of his total score did he make by running between the wickets ?
0general
397 x 397 + 104 x 104 + 2 x 400 x 104 = x ?
0general
the events a and b are independent , the probability that event a occurs is greater than 0 , and the probability that event a occurs is twice the probability that event b occurs . the probability that at least one of events a and b occurs is 3 times the probability that both events a and b occur . what is the probability that event a occurs ?
0general
john goes to his office by car at a speed of 40 kmph and reaches 8 minutes earlier . if he goes at a speed of 30 kmph , he reaches 4 mins late . what is the distance from his house to office ?
1physics
a certain list consists of 11 different numbers . if n is in the list and n is 5 times the average ( arithmetic mean ) of the other 10 numbers in the list , then n is what fraction of the sum of the 11 numbers in the list ?
0general
compound interest of rs . 4000 at 10 % per annum for 1 1 / 2 years will be ( interest compounded half yearly ) .
2gain
find the length of the longest pole that can be placed in an indoor stadium 24 m long , 18 m wide and 16 m high
1physics
one hour before john started walking from p to q , a distance of 13 miles , ann had started walking along the same road from q to p . ann walked at a constant speed of 3 miles per hour and john at 2 miles per hour . how many miles had ann walked when they met ?
1physics
sheela deposits rs . 3800 in bank savings account . if this is 22 % of her monthly income . what is her monthly income in ?
2gain
one pipe can fill a pool 1.5 times faster than a second pipe . when both pipes are opened , they fill the pool in four hours . how long would it take to fill the pool if only the slower pipe is used ?
1physics
3 photographers , lisa , mike and norm , take photos of a wedding . the total of lisa and mikes photos is 60 less than the sum of mike ' s and norms . if norms photos number 10 more than twice the number of lisa ' s photos , then how many photos did norm take ?
0general
the area of a rectangle is 360 sq . m . if its length is increased by 10 m and its width is decreased by 6 m , then its area does not change . find the perimeter of the original rectangle .
3geometry
the time taken by a man to row his boat upstream is twice the time taken by him to row the same distance downstream . if the speed of the boat in still water is 39 kmph , find the speed of the stream ?
1physics
in measuring the sides of a rectangle , one side is taken 7 % in excess , and the other 6 % in deficit . find the error percent in the area calculated from these measurements .
3geometry
how many squares are there between 2011 to 2300 ? ? ? ?
3geometry
the average age of a group of 10 students is 14 years . if 5 more students join the group , the average age rises by 1 year . the average age of the new students is :
0general
average expenditure of a person for the first 3 days of a week is rs . 310 and for the next 4 days is rs . 420 . average expenditure of the man for the whole week is :
0general
if the perimeter of a rectangular garden is 800 m , its length when its breadth is 100 m is ?
1physics
two equal sums of money were invested , one at 4 % and the other at 4.5 % . at the end of 7 years , the simple interest received from the latter exceeded to that received from the former by 31.50 . each sum was :
2gain
shekar scored 76 , 65 , 82 , 67 and 75 marks in mathematics , science , social studies , english and biology respectively . what are his average marks ?
0general
tickets for all but 100 seats in a 10000 - seat stadium were sold . of the tickets sold , 30 % were sold at half price and the remaining tickets were sold at the full price of $ 2 . what was the total revenue from ticket sales ?
0general
a and b started a business investing rs . 10,000 and rs 20,000 respectively . in what ratio the profit earned after 2 years be divided between a and b respectively ?
2gain
rs . 6000 is lent out in two parts . one part is lent at 7 % p . a simple interest and the other is lent at 9 % p . a simple interest . the total interest at the end of one year was rs . 450 . find the ratio of the amounts lent at the lower rate and higher rate of interest ?
2gain
a man sitting in a train which is travelling at 15 kmph observes that a goods train , travelling in opposite direction , takes 9 seconds to pass him . if the goods train is 280 m long , find its speed ?
1physics
there are 35 student in a school . 20 if them speek hindi 19 of them speak eng 9 of them speak both , then how many student neithe speak eng nor speak hindi
5other
a student chose a number , multiplied it by 2 , then subtracted 152 from the result and got 102 . what was the number he chose ?
0general
the malibu country club needs to drain its pool for refinishing . the hose they use to drain it can remove 60 cubic feet of water per minute . if the pool is 50 feet wide by 150 feet long by 10 feet deep and is currently at 80 % capacity , how long will it take to drain the pool ?
2gain
if a is an integer greater than 9 but less than 26 and b is an integer greater than 14 but less than 31 , what is the range of a / b ?
0general
if the cost price is 40 % of selling price . then what is the profit percent .
2gain
when positive integer x is divided by positive integer y , the remainder is 12 . if x / y = 75.12 , what is the value of y ?
0general
the cost to park a car in a certain parking garage is $ 20.00 for up to 2 hours of parking and $ 1.75 for each hour in excess of 2 hours . what is the average ( arithmetic mean ) cost per hour to park a car in the parking garage for 9 hours ?
0general
the unit digit in the product ( 611 * 704 * 912 * 261 ) is :
0general
two trains are moving in opposite directions with speed of 150 km / hr and 90 km / hr respectively . their lengths are 1.10 km and 0.9 km respectively . the slower train cross the faster train in - - - seconds
1physics
a train 60 m long is running with a speed of 60 km / hr . in what time will it pass a man who is running at 6 km / hr in the direction opposite to that in which the train is going ?
1physics
if the sum and difference of two numbers are 20 and 10 respectively , then the difference of their square is :
0general
a 340 - liter solution of kola is made from 75 % water , 5 % concentrated kola and the rest is made from sugar . if 3.2 liters of sugar , 12 liter of water and 6.8 liters of concentrated kola were added to the solution , what percent of the solution is made from sugar ?
2gain
the average mark of the students of a class in a particular exam is 90 . if 2 students whose average mark in that exam is 45 are excluded , the average mark of the remaining will be 95 . find the number of students who wrote the exam ?
0general
a , b and c invest in the ratio of 3 : 4 : 5 . the percentage of return on their investments are in the ratio of 6 : 5 : 4 . find the total earnings , if b earns rs . 250 more than a :
0general
when positive integer n is divided by 3 , the remainder is 1 . when n is divided by 11 , the remainder is 9 . what is the smallest positive integer k such that k + n is a multiple of 33 ?
0general
a copy machine , working at a constant rate , makes 35 copies per minute . a second copy machine , working at a constant rate , makes 75 copies per minute . working together at their respective rates , how many copies do the two machines make in half an hour ?
1physics
the lenght of a room is 5.5 m and width is 4 m . find the cost of paving the floor by slabs at the rate of rs . 750 per sq . metre .
1physics
a dishonest dealer professes to sell goods at the cost price but uses a weight of 950 grams per kg , what is his percent ?
2gain
find the compound interest on rs . 25000 in 2 years at 4 % per annum . the interest being compounded half yearly .
2gain
ravi covers a distance of 900 mtrs in 180 secs . find his speed in kmph ?
1physics
find the value of x from the below equation ? : 3 x ^ 2 - 5 x + 2 = 0
0general
n ^ ( n / 2 ) = 4 is true when n = 4 in the same way what is the value of n if n ^ ( n / 2 ) = 8 ?
0general
if n = 2 ^ 0.25 and n ^ b = 8 , b must equal
0general
[ ( 3.242 x 15 ) / 100 ] = ?
0general