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there is a 30 % increase in the price of an article in the first year , a 20 % decrease in the second year and a 10 % increase in the next year . if the final price of the article is rs . 2288 , then what was the price of the article initially ?
0general
if p ( a ) = 2 / 5 and p ( b ) = 2 / 5 , find p ( a n b ) if a and b are independent events .
0general
if x and y are integers such that ( x + 1 ) ^ 2 is less than or equal to 64 and ( y - 1 ) ^ 2 is less than 64 , what is the sum of the maximum possible value of xy and the minimum possible value of xy ?
0general
if the difference between compound interest ( interest compounded yearly ) and simple interest on a sum for 2 years at 10 % p . a . is rs . 150 then sum is
2gain
a leak in the bottom of a tank can empty the full tank in 7 hours . an inlet pipe fills water at the rate of 6 litres a minute . when the tank is full , the inlet is opened and due to the leak , the tank is empty in 12 hours . how many litres does the cistern hold ?
1physics
in a certain animal population , for each of the first 3 months of life , the probability that an animal will die during that month is 1 / 10 . for a group of 500 newborn members of the population , approximately how many would be expected to survive the first 3 months of life ?
4probability
kim has 5 pairs of shoes ; each pair is a different color . if kim randomly selects 2 shoes without replacement from the 10 shoes , what is the probability that she will select 2 shoes of the same color ?
4probability
the mean of 50 observations was 36 . it was found later that an observation 45 was wrongly taken as 23 . the corrected new mean is
0general
a man can do a piece of work in 5 days , but with the help of his son he can do it in 3 days . in what time can the son do it alone ?
1physics
a luxury liner , queen marry ii , is transporting several cats as well as the crew ( sailors , a cook , and one - legged captain ) to a nearby port . altogether , these passengers have 15 heads and 43 legs . how many cats does the ship host ?
0general
find the amount on rs . 5000 in 2 years , the rate of interest being 20 % per first year and 25 % for the second year ?
2gain
two trains are moving in opposite directions at 60 km / hr and 90 km / hr . their lengths are 1.10 km and 0.9 km respectively . the time taken by the slower train to cross the faster train in seconds is ?
1physics
a , b and c are partners . a receives 2 / 3 of profits , b and c dividing the remainder equally . a ' s income is increased by rs . 300 when the rate to profit rises from 5 to 7 percent . find the capital of c ?
0general
define a * by the equation a * = Ο€ - x . then ( ( βˆ’ Ο€ ) * ) * =
0general
the average age of a group of n people is 15 years old . one more person aged 35 joins the group and the new average is 17 years old . what is the value of n ?
0general
what is the measure of the radius of the circle inscribed in a triangle whose sides measure 4 , 11 and 12 units ?
3geometry
what is x if x + 2 y = 10 and y = 4 ?
0general
we bought a total of 90 books at the store . math books cost $ 4 and history books cost $ 5 . the total price was $ 396 . how many math books did we buy ?
0general
what is the smallest positive perfect square that is divisible by 12 , 15 , and 18 ?
3geometry
find the probability that a leap year selected at random will have 53 mondays
4probability
a train passes a station platform in 36 sec and a man standing on the platform in 20 sec . if the speed of the train is 81 km / hr . what is the length of the platform ?
1physics
solution x is 30 % chemical a and 70 % chemical b by volume . solution y is 40 % chemical a and 60 % chemical b by volume . if a mixture of x and y is 32 % chemical a , what percent of the mixture is solution x ?
2gain
the wages earned by robin is 30 % more than that earned by erica . the wages earned by charles is 50 % more than that earned by erica . how much percent is the wages earned by charles more than that earned by robin ?
0general
8 x 5.4 - 0.6 x 10 / 1.2 = ?
0general
veena ranks 65 rd from the top in a class of 182 . what is her rank from the bottom if 22 students have failed the examination ?
5other
there were 36000 hardback copies of a certain novel sold before the paperback version was issued . from the time the first paperback copy was sold until the last copy of the novel was sold 9 times as many paperback copies as hardback copies were sold . if a total of 440000 copies of the novel were sold in all , how man...
0general
a certain car ' s price decreased by 2.5 % ( from the original price ) each year from 1996 to 2002 , during that time the owner of the car invested in a new carburetor and a new audio system for the car , which increased car ' s price by $ 1,500 . if the price of the car in 1996 was $ 22,000 , what is the car ' s price...
2gain
in a covering a certain distance , the speeds of a and b are in the ratio of 3 : 4 . a takes 30 minutes more than b to reach the destination . the time taken by a to reach the destination is ?
1physics
in a group of ducks and cows , the total number of legs are 24 more than twice the no . of heads . find the total no . of buffaloes .
0general
rohan spends 40 % of his salary on food , 20 % on house rent , 10 % on entertainment and 10 % on conveyance . if his savings at the end of a month are rs . 2500 . then his monthly salary is
2gain
a man complete a journey in 10 hours . he travels first half of the journey at the rate of 20 km / hr and second half at the rate of 20 km / hr . find the total journey in km .
1physics
the probability of a student possessing a ball point pen in exam is 3 / 5 & possessing an ink pen is 2 / 3 . find his probability of possessing at least one of them
0general
if 200 ! / 10 ^ n is an integer , what is the largest possible value of n ?
0general
if you write down all the numbers from 1 to 50 , then how many times do you write 3 ?
0general
evaluate 248 + 64 βˆ’ βˆ’ √ βˆ’ βˆ’ βˆ’ βˆ’ βˆ’ βˆ’ βˆ’ βˆ’ βˆ’ √
0general
two employees x and y are paid a total of rs . 638 per week by their employer . if x is paid 120 percent of the sum paid to y , how much is y paid per week ?
0general
for any integer k > 1 , the term β€œ length of an integer ” refers to the number of positive prime factors , not necessarily distinct , whose product is equal to k . for example , if k = 24 , the length of k is equal to 4 , since 24 = 2 Γ— 2 Γ— 2 Γ— 3 . if x and y are positive integers such that x > 1 , y > 1 , and x + 3 y ...
0general
a circular grass lawn of 35 metres in radius has a path 7 metres wide running around it on the outside . find the area of path .
3geometry
sonika deposited rs . 6000 which amounted to rs . 9200 after 3 years at simple interest . had the interest been 2 % more . she would get how much ?
2gain
excluding stoppages , the speed of a train is 42 kmph and including stoppages it is 27 kmph . of how many minutes does the train stop per hour ?
1physics
the prices of tea and coffee per kg were the same in june . in july the price of coffee shot up by 20 % and that of tea dropped by 20 % . if in july , a mixture containing equal quantities of tea and coffee costs 80 / kg . how much did a kg of coffee cost in june ?
0general
working alone , mary can pave a driveway in 6 hours and hillary can pave the same driveway in 6 hours . when they work together , mary thrives on teamwork so her rate increases by 25 % , but hillary becomes distracted and her rate decreases by 20 % . if they both work together , how many hours will it take to pave the ...
2gain
two boys starts from the same place walking at the rate of 4.5 kmph and 5.5 kmph respectively in the same direction . what time will they take to be 9.5 km apart ?
2gain
a train is moving at 4 / 5 of its usual speed . the train is 45 minutes too late . what is the usual time ( in hours ) for the train to complete the journey ?
1physics
in a class of 52 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
if the ratio of apples to bananas is 5 to 2 and the ratio of bananas to cucumbers is 1 to 4 , what is the ratio of apples to cucumbers ?
5other
a box contains 100 balls , numbered from 1 to 100 . if 3 balls are selected at random and with replacement from the box . if the 3 numbers on the balls selected contain two odd and one even . what is the probability l that the first ball picked up is odd numbered ?
4probability
the average of marks obtained by 120 candidates was 35 . if the avg of marks of passed candidates was 39 and that of failed candidates was 39 and that of failed candidates was 15 , the no . of candidates who passed the examination is ?
0general
in may , the groundskeeper at spring lake golf club built a circular green with an area of 90 Ο€ square feet . in august , the groundskeeper doubled the distance from the center of the green to the edge of the green . what is the total area of the renovated green ?
3geometry
the average of first six prime numbers which are between 40 and 80 is
0general
boy sells a book for rs . 720 he gets a loss of 10 % , to gain 10 % , what should be the sp ?
2gain
renu can do a piece of work in 5 days , but with the help of her friend suma , she can do it in 4 days . in what time suma can do it alone ?
1physics
when positive integer n is divided by 5 , the remainder is 1 . when n is divided by 7 , the remainder is 5 . what is the smallest positive integer p , such that ( n + p ) is a multiple of 30 ?
0general
the compounded ratio of ( 2 : 3 ) , ( 6 : 11 ) and ( 11 : 2 ) is :
5other
in a graduating class of 232 students , 144 took geometry and 119 took biology . what is the difference between the greatest possible number p and the smallest possible number of students that could have taken both geometry and biology ?
5other
what is the remainder when 30 ^ 72 ^ 87 is divided by 11 .
0general
the number of people who purchased book a is twice the number of people who purchased book b . the number of people who purchased both books a and b is 500 , which is twice the number of people who purchased only book b . what is the number of people v who purchased only book a ?
5other
in a recent election , geoff received 1 percent of the 6,000 votes cast . to win the election , a candidate needed to receive more than x % of the vote . if geoff needed exactly 3000 more votes to win the election , what is the value of x ?
2gain
two mba admissions committees are to be formed randomly from 6 second year mbas with 3 members each . what is the probability e that jane will be on the same committee as albert ?
4probability
if 40 % of a certain number is 160 , then what is 20 % of that number ?
2gain
workers decided to raise rs . 3 lacs by equal contribution from each . had they contributed rs . 50 eachextra , the contribution would have been rs . 3.15 lacs . how many workers were they ?
0general
1 ^ 2 – 2 ^ 2 + 3 ^ 2 – 4 ^ 2 + 5 ^ 2 – 6 ^ 2 + 7 ^ 2 – 8 ^ 2 + 9 ^ 2 – 10 ^ 2 = ?
0general
there are 7 players in a bowling team with an average weight of 112 kg . if two new players join the team , one weighs 110 kg and the second weighs 60 kg , what will be the new average weight ?
0general
fresh grapes contain 90 % by weight while dried grapes contain 20 % water by weight . what is the weight of dry grapes available from 25 kg of fresh grapes ?
2gain
anna left for city a from city b at 5.20 a . m . she traveled at the speed of 80 km / hr for 2 hrs 15 min . after that the speed was reduced to 60 km / hr . if the distance between two cities is 350 kms , at what time did anna reach city a ?
1physics
at veridux corporation , there are 250 employees . of these , 90 are female , and the rest are males . there are a total of 40 managers , and the rest of the employees are associates . if there are a total of 155 male associates , how many female managers are there ?
0general
pencils , pens and exercise books in a shop are in the ratio of 10 : 2 : 3 . if there are 120 pencils , the number of exercise books in the shop is :
5other
in a group of ducks and cows , the total number of legs are 26 more than thrice the number of heads . find the total number of cows .
0general
working alone at its constant rate , machine a produces x boxes in 5 minutes and working alone at its constant rate , machine b produces 2 x boxes in 10 minutes . how many minutes does it take machines a and b , working simultaneously at their respective constant rates , to produce 3 x boxes ?
1physics
a factory that employs 1000 assembly line workers pays each of these workers $ 5 per hour for the first 40 hours worked during a week and 1 Β½ times that rate for hours worked in excess of 40 . what was the total payroll for the assembly - line workers for a week in which 30 percent of them worked 35 hours , 50 percent ...
0general
solution a is 20 % sugar and solution b is 80 % sugar . if you have 30 ounces of solution a and 60 ounces of solution b , in what ratio could you mix solution a with solution b to produce 50 ounces of a 50 % sugar solution ?
5other
12 different biology books and 8 different chemistry books lie on a shelf . in how many ways can a student pick 2 books of each type ?
5other
the total price of a basic computer and printer are $ 2,500 . if the same printer had been purchased with an enhanced computer whose price was $ 500 more than the price of the basic computer , then the price of the printer would have been 1 / 3 of that total . what was the price of the basic computer ?
0general
a baseball card decreased in value 20 % in its first year and 20 % in its second year . what was the total percent decrease of the card ' s value over the two years ?
2gain
2 is what percent of 50
2gain
the contents of a certain box consist of 14 apples and 26 oranges . how many oranges must be removed from the box so that 70 percent of the pieces of fruit in the box will be apples ?
0general
light glows for every 20 seconds . how many max . times did it glow between 1 : 57 : 58 and 3 : 20 : 47 am .
0general
each week , harry is paid x dollars per hour for the first 18 hours and 1.5 x dollars for each additional hour worked that week . each week , james is paid x dollars per per hour for the first 40 hours and 2 x dollars for each additional hour worked that week . last week james worked a total of 41 hours if harry and ja...
0general
the average of first five multiples of 2 is ?
0general
in an intercollegiate competition that lasted for 3 days , 157 students took part on day 1 , 111 on day 2 and 98 on day 3 . if 89 took part on day 1 and day 2 and 56 took part on day 2 and day 3 and 32 took part on all three days , how many students took part only on day 1 ?
1physics
a student committee on academic integrity has 72 ways to select a president and vice president from a group of candidates . the same person can not be both president and vice president . how many candidates are there ?
5other
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 3 m , the volume of the box ( in m 3 ) is :
3geometry
find the numbers which are in the ratio 3 : 2 : 4 such that the sum of the first and the second added to the difference of the third and the second is 21 ?
0general
in a certain village , 20 litres of water are required per household per month . at this rate , if there are 10 households in the village , how long ( in months ) will 2000 litres of water last ?
2gain
if x + | x | + y = 5 and x + | y | - y = 6 what is x + y = ?
0general
a certain clock rings two notes at quarter past the hour , 4 notes at half past , and 6 notes at 3 - quarters past . on the hour , it rings 8 notes plus an additional number of notes equal to whatever hour it is . how many notes will the clock ring from 1 : 00 p . m . through 5 : 00 p . m . , including the rings at 1 :...
0general
on an order of 9 dozen boxes of a consumer product , a retailer receives an extra dozen free . this is equivalent to allowing him a discount of :
0general
the total age of a and b is 13 years more than the total age of b and c . c is how many years younger than a ?
0general
rs . 1200 is divided so that 5 times the first share , 10 times the 2 nd share and fifteen times third share amount to the same . what is the value of the second share ?
0general
jackie has two solutions that are 4 percent sulfuric acid and 12 percent sulfuric acid by volume , respectively . if these solutions are mixed in appropriate quantities to produce 60 liters of a solution that is 5 percent sulfuric acid , approximately how many liters of the 4 percent solution will be required ?
2gain
if the product of 6 integers is negative , at most how many of the integers can be negative ?
0general
there is a 50 % chance jen will visit chile this year , while there is a 50 % chance that she will visit madagascar this year . what is the probability that jen will visit either chile or madagascar this year , but not both ?
4probability
a pipe takes a hours to fill the tank . but because of a leakage it took 7 times of its original time . find the time taken by the leakage to empty the tank
1physics
at chennai it rained as much on tuesday as on all the others days of the week combined . if the average rainfall for the whole week was 3 cm . how much did it rain on tuesday ?
0general
a shopkeeper buys mangoes at the rate of 4 a rupee and sells them at 2 a rupee . find his net profit or loss percent ?
2gain
( 3 * 10 ^ 2 ) * ( 4 * 10 ^ - 2 ) = ?
0general
the ratio of three numbers is 1 : 2 : 3 and their sum is 60 . the second number of the three numbers is ?
5other
natasha climbs up a hill , and descends along the same way she went up . it takes her 3 hours to reach the top and 2 hours to come back down . if her average speed along the whole journey is 3 kilometers per hour , what was her average speed ( in kilometers per hour ) while climbing to the top ?
1physics
the annual birth and death rate in a country per 1000 are 39.4 and 19.4 respectively . the number of years k in which the population would be doubled assuming there is no emigration or immigration is
0general
susan made a block with small cubes of 8 cubic cm volume to make a block , 3 small cubes long , 9 small cubes wide and 5 small cubes deep . she realizes that she has used more small cubes than she really needed . she realized that she could have glued a fewer number of cubes together to lock like a block with same dime...
3geometry