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there are 41 students in a class , number of girls is one more than number of guys . we need to form a team of 4 students . all 4 in the team can not be from same gender . number of girls and guys in the team should not be equal . how many ways can such a team be made ?
0general
find the total number of prime factors in the expression ( 4 ) ^ 11 x ( 7 ) ^ 5 x ( 11 ) ^ 2
0general
pipe p can drain the liquid from a tank in 3 / 4 the time that it takes pipe q to drain it and in 3 / 3 the time that it takes pipe r to do it . if all 3 pipes operating simultaneously but independently are used to drain liquid from the tank , then pipe q drains what portion of the liquid from the tank ?
1physics
xavier starts from p towards q at a speed of 40 kmph and after every 12 mins increases his speed by 20 kmph . if the distance between p and q is 56 km , then how much time does he take to cover the distance ?
1physics
in the next cricket world cup t - 20 , team w has decided to score 200 runs only through 4 s and 6 s . in how many ways can the team w score these 200 runs ?
0general
in a class of 50 students , 12 enrolled for both english and german . 22 enrolled for german . if the students of the class enrolled for at least one of the two subjects , then how many students enrolled for only english and not german ?
5other
the perimeter of a triangle is 20 cm and the inradius of the triangle is 3 cm . what is the area of the triangle ?
3geometry
a train 130 m long passes a man , running at 6 kmph in the direction opposite to that of the train , in 6 seconds . the speed of the train is
1physics
two pipes can fill a tank in 30 minutes and 20 minutes . an outlet pipe can empty the tank in 15 minutes . if all the pipes are opened when the tank is empty , then how many minutes will it take to fill the tank ?
1physics
a barrel full of beer has 2 taps one midway , , which draw a litre in 6 minutes and the other at the bottom , which draws a litre in 4 minutes . the lower tap is lower normally used after the level of beer in the barrel is lower than midway . the capacity of the barrel is 36 litres . a new assistant opens the lower tap when the barrel is full and draws out some beer . as a result the lower tap has been used 24 minutes before the usual time . for how long was the beer drawn out by the new assistant ?
1physics
if a cube has a volume of 125 , what is the surface area of one side ?
3geometry
xy = 1 then what is ( 6 ^ ( x + y ) ^ 2 ) / ( 6 ^ ( x - y ) ^ 2 )
0general
reena took a loan of $ . 1200 with simple interest for as many years as the rate of interest . if she paid $ 192 as interest at the end of the loan period , what was the rate of interest ?
2gain
√ ( 25 ) ^ 2
0general
x can finish a work in 15 days . y can finish the same work in 20 days . y worked for 12 days and left the job . how many days does x alone need to finish the remaining work ?
1physics
the average of first 18 natural numbers is ?
0general
what is the sum of 20 consecutive integers from - 9 inclusive , in a increasing order ?
0general
if log 1087.5 = 2.9421 , then the number of digits in ( 875 ) 10 is ?
5other
annie and sam set out together on bicycles traveling at 15 and 12 km per hour respectively . after 40 minutes , annie stops to fix a flat tire . if it takes annie 20 minutes to fix the flat tire and sam continues to ride during this time , how many minutes will it take annie to catch up with sam assuming that annie resumes riding at 15 km per hour ?
1physics
last year the range of the annual yield on equal amount of investments in 100 mutual funds was $ 10000 . if the annual yield this year for each of the 100 mutual funds has improved by 15 percent this year than it was last year , what is the range of the annual yield on mutual funds this year ?
2gain
a customer purchased a package of ground beef at a cost of $ 1.80 per pound . for the same amount of money , the customer could have purchased a piece of steak that weighed 25 percent less than the package of ground beef . what was the cost per pound of the steak ?
0general
two trains a and b starting from two points and travelling in opposite directions , reach their destinations 9 hours and 4 hours respectively after meeting each other . if the train a travels at 100 kmph , find the rate at which the train b runs .
1physics
a soft drink company had 6000 small and 15000 big bottles in storage . if 12 % of small 14 % of big bottles have been sold , then the total bottles remaining in storage is
0general
in a box of 10 pencils , a total of 2 are defective . if a customer buys 3 pencils selected at random from the box , what is the probability that neither pencils will be defective ?
0general
company workers decided to raise rs . 3 lakhs by equal contribution from each . had they contributed rs . 50 each extra , the contribution would have been rs . 3.25 lakhs . how many workers were they ?
0general
the average of 7 numbers is 20 . if each number be multiplied by 5 . find the average of new set of numbers ?
0general
right triangle pqr is the base of the prism in the figure above . if pq = pr = â ˆ š 5 and the height of the prism is 10 , what is the volume of the prism ?
3geometry
each of the positive integers a and c is a 4 - digit integer . if each of the digits 0 through 9 appears in one of these 3 integers , what is the maximum possible value of the sum of a and c ?
0general
the length of a rectangle is doubled while its width is doubled . what is the % change in area ?
3geometry
riya and priya set on a journey . riya moves eastward at a speed of 18 kmph and priya moves westward at a speed of 24 kmph . how far will be priya from riya after 15 minutes
1physics
36 persons can repair a road in 12 days , working 5 hours a day . in how many days will 30 persons , working 6 hours a day , complete the work ?
1physics
a shopkeeper buys two articles for rs . 1000 each and then sells them , making 10 % profit on the first article and 10 % loss on second article . find the net profit or loss percent ?
2gain
a can run 4 times as fast as b and gives b a start of 63 m . how long should the race course be so that a and b might reach in the same time ?
1physics
if c is 25 % of a and 10 % of b , what percent of a is b ?
2gain
car x began traveling at an average speed of 35 miles per hour . after 72 minutes , car y began traveling at an average speed of 40 miles per hour . when both cars had traveled the same distance , both cars stopped . how many miles did car x travel from the time car y began traveling until both cars stopped ?
1physics
what is the ratio between perimeters of two squares one having 2.5 times the diagonal then the other ?
3geometry
a number when divided by 899 gives a remainder 63 . what remainder will be obtained by dividing the same number by 29
0general
a and b can do a piece of work in 10 days , while b and c can do the same work in 15 days and c and a in 25 days . they started working together , after 4 days a left . after another 4 days b left . in how many days c can finish the remaining work ?
1physics
17 men take 21 days of 8 hours each to do a piece of work . how many days of 6 hours each would 21 women take to do the same . if 3 women do as much work as 2 men ?
1physics
if xy = 9 , x / y = 36 , for positive numbers x and y , y = ?
0general
in one year , the population , of a village increased by 20 % and in the next year , it decreased by 20 % . if at the end of 2 nd year , the population was 9600 , what was it in the beginning ?
0general
two numbers are in the ratio of 15 : 11 . if their h . c . f . is 13 , find the numbers .
5other
a bag contains 7 red , 5 blue and 4 green balls . if 2 ballsare picked at random , what is the probability that both are red ?
5other
a boat can travel with a speed of 22 km / hr in still water . if the speed of the stream is 5 km / hr , find the time taken by the boat to go 216 km downstream
1physics
a certain company that sells only cars and trucks reported that revenues from car sales in 1997 were down 11 percent from 1996 and revenues from truck sales were up 7 percent from 1996 . if total revenues from car sales and truck sales in 1997 were up 1 percent from 1996 , what is the ratio w of revenue from car sales in 1996 to revenue from truck sales in 1996 ?
5other
in 1979 approximately 1 / 3 of the 37.3 million airline passengers traveling to or from the united states used kennedy airport . if the number of such passengers that used miami airport was 1 / 2 the number that used kennedy airport and 5 times the number that used logan airport , approximately how many millions of these passengers used logan airport that year ?
0general
the average of 5 numbers is 6.8 . if one of the numbers is multiplied by a factor of 3 , the average of the numbers increases to 12.8 . what number is multiplied by 3 ?
0general
in covering a distance of 18 km , abhay takes 2 hours more than sameer . if abhay doubles his speed , then he would take 1 hour less than sameer . abhay ' s speed is :
1physics
a portion of the 50 % solution of chemicals was replaced with an equal amount of 60 % solution of chemicals . as a result , 55 % solution of chemicals resulted . what part of the original solution was replaced ?
2gain
ram get 450 marks in his exam which is 90 % of total marks . what is the total marks ?
0general
all the faces of a cube are painted with blue colour . then it is cut into 125 small equal cubes . how many small cubes will be formed having only one face coloured ?
3geometry
in a certain country 1 / 7 of 8 = 5 . assuming the same proportion , what would be the value of 1 / 5 of 40 ?
0general
mr . kramer , the losing candidate in a two - candidate election , received 942,568 votes , which was exactly 30 percent of all votes cast . approximately what percent of the remaining votes would he need to have received in order to have won at least 50 percent of all the votes cast ?
0general
if f ( x ) = x ^ 4 - 4 x ^ 3 - 2 x ^ 2 + 5 x , then f ( - 1 ) =
0general
in the junior basketball league there are 18 teams , 2 / 3 of them are bad and ½ are rich . what ca n ' t be the number of teams that are rich and bad ?
0general
working alone , john finishes cleaning half the house in a third of the time it takes nick to clean the entire house alone . john alone cleans the entire house in 6 hours . how many hours will it take nick and john to clean the entire house if they work together ?
1physics
the radius of a cylinder is 2 r units and height is 3 r units . find the curved surface ?
3geometry
on the richter scale , which measures the total amount of energy released during an earthquake , a reading of x - 1 indicates one - tenth the released energy as is indicated by a reading of x . on that scale , the frequency corresponding to a reading of 7 is how many times as great as the frequency corresponding to a reading of 5 ?
0general
the total of 344 of 20 paise and 25 paise make a sum of rs . 71 . the no of 20 paise coins is
0general
a man buys a cycle for rs . 800 and sells it at a loss of 15 % . what is the selling price of the cycle ?
2gain
a math teacher has 26 cards , each of which is in the shape of a geometric figure . half of the cards are rectangles , and a third of the cards are rhombuses . if 8 cards are squares , what is the maximum possible number of cards that re circles .
3geometry
if a * b * c = ( √ ( a + 2 ) ( b + 3 ) ) / ( c + 1 ) , find the value of 6 * 15 * 7 .
0general
if 3 x = 6 y = z , what is x + y , in terms of z ?
0general
a salesman ’ s terms were changed from a flat commission of 5 % on all his sales to a fixed salary of rs . 1400 plus 2.5 % commission on all sales exceeding rs . 4,000 . if his remuneration as per new scheme was rs . 600 more than that by the previous schema , his sales were worth ?
0general
how many bricks each measuring 21 cm x 10 cm x 8 cm , will be needed to build a wall 9 m x 5 m x 18.5 m
1physics
at what price must an article costing rs . 47.50 be marked in order that after deducting 5 % from the list price . it may be sold at a profit of 25 % on the cost price ?
2gain
during a certain two - week period , 64 percent of the movies rented from a video store were comedies , and of the remaining movies rented , there were 5 times as many dramas as action movies . if no other movies were rented during that two - week period and there were a action movies rented , then how many comedies , in terms of a , were rented during that two - week period ?
0general
find the greatest 4 digit number which leaves respective remainders of 2 and 5 when divided by 15 and 24 . a . 9974
0general
p has $ 35 more than what q and r together would have had if both b and c had 1 / 7 of what p has . how much does p have ?
0general
a can do a work in 20 days and b in 30 days . if they work on it together for 4 days , then the fraction of the work that is left is :
1physics
3 candidates in an election and received 1136 , 7636 and 10628 votes respectively . what % of the total votes did the winning candidate gotin that election ?
2gain
a is the hundreds digit of the 3 digit integer x , b is the tens digit of x , and c is the units digit of x . 4 a = 2 b = c , and a > 0 . what is the difference between the two greatest possible values of x ? tip : dont stop till you have exhausted all answer choices to arrive at the correct one .
0general
if albert ’ s monthly earnings rise by 27 % , he would earn $ 567 . if , instead , his earnings rise by only 26 % , how much ( in $ ) would he earn this month ?
2gain
indu gave bindu rs . 1250 on compound interest for 2 years at 4 % per annum . how much loss would indu has suffered had she given it to bindu for 2 years at 4 % per annum simple interest ?
2gain
when n is divided by 24 , the remainder is 4 . what is the remainder when 4 n is divided by 8 ?
0general
tom and linda stand at point a . linda begins to walk in a straight line away from tom at a constant rate of 3 miles per hour . one hour later , tom begins to jog in a straight line in the exact opposite direction at a constant rate of 8 miles per hour . if both tom and linda travel indefinitely , what is the positive difference , in minutes , between the amount of time it takes tom to cover half of the distance that linda has covered and the amount of time it takes tom to cover twice the distance that linda has covered ?
1physics
35 - [ 23 - { 15 - x } ] = 12 × 2 ÷ 1 / 2
0general
amar takes as much time in running 18 meters as a car takes in covering 48 meters . what will be the distance covered by amar during the time the car covers 1.2 km ?
1physics
if n is an integer , f ( n ) = f ( n - 1 ) - n and f ( 4 ) = 20 . what is the value of f ( 6 ) ?
0general
what is the remainder when 14,453 × 15,654 × 16,788 is divided by 5 ?
0general
a thief goes away with a santro car at a speed of 40 kmph . the theft has been discovered after half an hour and the owner sets off in a bike at 50 kmph when will the owner over take the thief from the start ?
1physics
what is the smallest 5 digit number that is divisible by 15 , 32 , 45 , and 54 ?
0general
excluding stoppages , the average speed of a bus is 60 km / hr and including stoppages , the average speed of the bus is 45 km / hr . for how many minutes does the bus stop per hour ?
0general
a rectangular courty 3.78 metres long and 5.25 metres wide is to be paved exactly with square tiles , all of the same size . what is the largest size of the tile which could be used for the purpose ?
3geometry
working together , wayne and his son can shovel the entire driveway in three hours . if wayne can shovel five times as fast as his son can , how many hours would it take for his son to shovel the entire driveway on his own ?
1physics
the diagonal of a rhombus are 80 m and 120 m . its area is :
3geometry
3 bodies x , y and z start moving around a circular track of length 960 m from the same point simultaneously in the same direction at speeds of 12 m / s , 20 m / s and 36 m / s respectively . when will they meet for the first time after they started moving ?
1physics
a part of certain sum of money is invested at 10 % per annum and the rest at 12 % per annum , if the interest earned in each case for the same period is equal , then ratio of the sums invested is ?
2gain
kelly and chris are moving into a new city . both of them love books and thus packed several boxes with books . if chris packed 60 % of the total number of boxes , what was the ratio of the number of boxes kelly packed to the number of boxes chris packed ?
5other
there are 6 more women than there are men on a local co - ed softball team . if there are a total of 24 players on the team , what is the ratio of men to women ?
0general
two cars start at the same time from opposite ends of a highway that is 60 miles long . one car is riding at 13 mph and the second car is riding at 17 mph . how long after they begin will they meet ?
1physics
( x + 6 ) is a factor in x ^ 2 - mx - 42 . what is the value of m ?
0general
local kennel has cats and dogs in the ratio of 6 : 8 . if there are 10 fewer cats than dogs , how many dogs are in the kennel ?
5other
a rectangular field has a length 10 meters more than it is width . if the area of the field is 144 , what is the length ( in meters ) of the rectangular field ?
3geometry
add 15 % of 25 and 12 % of 45 .
2gain
there are cats got together and decided to kill the mice of 999919 . each cat kills equal number of mice and each cat kills more number of mice than cats there were . then what are the number of cats ?
0general
a crate measures 4 feet by 8 feet by 12 feet on the inside . a stone pillar in the shape of a right circular cylinder must fit into the crate for shipping so that it rests upright when the crate sits on at least one of its six sides . what is the radius , in feet , of the pillar with the largest volume that could still fit in the crate ?
3geometry
an equilateral triangle t 2 is formed by joining the mid points of the sides of another equilateral triangle t 1 . a third equilateral triangle t 3 is formed by joining the mid - points of t 2 and this process is continued indefinitely . if each side of t 1 is 45 cm , find the sum of the perimeters of all the triangles .
3geometry
if a 10 percent deposit that has been paid toward the purchase of a certain product is $ 120 , how much more remains to be paid ?
0general
a telephone company needs to create a set of 3 - digit area codes . the company is entitled to use only digits 2 , 4 and 6 , which can be repeated . if the product of the digits in the area code must be even , how many different codes can be created ?
0general