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a can do a piece of work in 15 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
a couple decides to have 3 children . if they succeed in having 3 children and each child is equally likely to be a boy or a girl , what is the probability that they will have exactly 1 girl and 2 boys ?
0general
if money is invested at r percent interest , compounded annually , the amount of the investment will double in approximately 60 / r years . if pat ' s parents invested $ 7,000 in a long - term bond that pays 6 percent interest , compounded annually , what will be the approximate total amount of the investment 20 years later , when pat is ready for college ?
0general
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 28 ?
0general
eddy and freddy start simultaneously from city a and they travel to city b and city c respectively . eddy takes 3 hours and freddy takes 4 hours to complete the journey . if the distance between city a and city b is 570 kms and city a and city c is 300 kms . what is the ratio of their average speed of travel ? ( eddy : freddy )
1physics
two trains 180 m and 360 m long run at the speed of 60 kmph and 30 kmph in opposite directions in parallel tracks . the time which they take to cross each other is ?
1physics
if 5 ^ 10 x 2 ^ 10 = 10 ^ n what is the value of n ?
0general
the average of 55 results is 28 and the average of other 28 results is 55 . what is the average of all the results ?
0general
jerry ’ s average ( arithmetic mean ) score on the first 3 of 4 tests is 90 . if jerry wants to raise his average by 2 points , what score must he earn on the fourth test ?
0general
36 men can complete a piece of work in 18 days . in how many days will 9 men complete the same work ?
1physics
a tank contains 10,000 gallons of a solution that is 5 percent sodium chloride by volume . if 4,000 gallons of water evaporate from the tank , the remaining solution will be approximately what percent sodium chloride ?
2gain
the diameter of a garden roller is 1.4 m and it is 4 m long . how much area will it cover in 5 revolutions ? ( use ï € = 22 ⠁ „ 7 )
1physics
at a certain high school , the senior class is twice the size of the junior class . if 7 / 8 of the seniors and 1 / 2 of the juniors study japanese , what fraction of the students in both classes study japanese ?
0general
a crow leaves its nest , and flies back and forth from its nest to a nearby ditch to gather worms . the distance between the nest and the ditch is 400 meters . in one and a half hours , the crow manages to bring worms to its nest 15 times . what is the speed of the crow in kilometers per hour ?
1physics
what is the total cost of 2 sandwiches at $ 2.44 each and 4 sodas at $ 0.87 each ?
0general
average of 5 numbers is 12 . if one number is excluded the average becomes 10 . the excluded number is
0general
a watch was sold at a loss of 10 % . if it was sold for rs . 200 more , there would have been a gain of 4 % . what is the cost price ?
2gain
set a contains all the even numbers between 12 and 60 inclusive . set b contains all the even numbers between 62 and 110 inclusive . what is the difference between the sum of elements of set b and the sum of the elements of set a ?
0general
a worker earns $ 20 on the first day and spends $ 15 on the second day . the worker earns $ 20 on the third day and spends $ 15 on the fourth day . if this pattern continues , on which day will the worker first reach a net total of $ 90 ?
1physics
log 3 n + log 9 n what is 3 digit number n that will be whole number
5other
an employee ’ s annual salary was increased $ 15,000 . if her new annual salary now equals $ 90,000 , what was the percent increase ?
0general
how many zeros does 50 ! end with ?
5other
when 1 + 2 = 23 , 2 + 3 = 65 , 3 + 4 = 127 , then 4 + 5 = ?
0general
paul sells encyclopedias door - to - door . he earns $ 150 on every paycheck , regardless of how many sets he sells . in addition , he earns commission as follows : commission sales 10 % $ 0.00 - $ 1000.00 5 % $ 1000.01 - - - > he does not earn double commission . that is , if his sales are $ 12000 , he earns 10 % on the first $ 10000 and 5 % on the remaining $ 2000 . his largest paycheck of the year was $ 1320 . what were his sales for that pay period ?
0general
if an article is sold at 19 % profit instead of 12 % profit , then the profit would be $ 84 more . what is the cost price ?
2gain
if 213 × 16 = 3408 , then 16 × 21.3 is equal to :
0general
a , b and c invest in a partnership in the ratio : 7 / 24 / 36 / 5 . after 4 months , a increases his share 50 % . if the total profit at the end of one year is rs . 21600 , then what is b ' s share in the profit ?
2gain
if x and y are numbers such that ( x + 3 ) ( y - 3 ) = 0 , what is the smallest possible value of x ^ 2 + y ^ 2
0general
a bag contains 6 black and 3 white balls . one ball is drawn at random . what is the probability that the ball drawn is white ?
4probability
find large number from below question the difference of two numbers is 1200 . on dividing the larger number by the smaller , we get 6 as quotient and the 15 as remainder
0general
due to construction , the speed limit along an 8 - mile section of highway is reduced from 55 miles per hour to 35 miles per hour . approximately how many minutes more will it take to travel along this section of highway at the new speed limit than it would have taken at the old speed limit ?
1physics
set a consists of all the prime numbers between 2 and 13 . what is the range of set a ?
0general
if the sum of a number and its square is 210 , what is the number ?
3geometry
a train of length 240 m crosses a bridge of length 150 m in 20 seconds . what is the speed of train ?
1physics
three interviewers , a , b , and c are interviewing 50 applicants . only with three interviewers ' admission can an applicant be admitted . if interviewer a admitted 20 applicants , b admitted 22 applicants , and c admitted 20 applicants , at least how many applicants get the admission ?
3geometry
find the sum of first 100 odd numbers
0general
a man â € ™ s current age is ( 2 / 5 ) of the age of his father . after 6 years , he will be ( 1 / 2 ) of the age of his father . what is the age of father at now ?
0general
the toll t , in dollars , for a truck using a certain bridge is given by the formula t = 1.50 + 1.50 ( x − 2 ) , where x is the number of axles on the truck . what is the toll for an 18 - wheel truck that has 2 wheels on its front axle and 4 wheels on each of its other axles ?
0general
a fraction in reduced form is such that when it is squared and then its numerator is reduced by 33 ( 1 / 3 ) % and denominator is reduced to 20 % , its result is twice the original fraction . the sum of numerator and denominator is :
0general
car a is 24 miles behind car b , which is traveling in the same direction along the same route as car a . car a is traveling at a constant speed of 58 miles per hour and car bis traveling at a constant speed of 50 miles per hour . how many hours will it take for car a to overtake and drive 8 miles ahead of car b ?
1physics
a rainstorm increased the amount of water stored in state j reservoirs from 180 billion gallons to 200 billion gallons . if the storm increased the amount of water in the reservoirs to 60 percent of total capacity , approximately how many billion gallons of water were the reservoirs short of total capacity prior to the storm ?
0general
find the simple interest for rs . 2000 at 8 % p / a for 2 years .
2gain
16 business executives and 7 chairmen meet at a conference . if each business executive shakes the hand of every other business executive and every chairman once , and each chairman shakes the hand of each of the business executives but not the other chairmen , how many handshakes would take place ?
3geometry
if two trains are 120 miles apart and are traveling toward each other at constant rate of 30 miles per hour and 40 miles per hour , respectively , how far apart will they be 1 hour before they meet ?
1physics
a computer is programmed to multiply consecutive even integers 2 * 4 * 6 * 8 * … * n until the product is divisible by 2211 , what is the value of n ?
0general
if 30 honey bees make 30 grams of honey in 30 days , then 1 honey bee will make 1 gram of honey in how many days ?
1physics
a basket of 1430 apples is divided equally among a group of apple lovers . if 45 people join the group , each apple lover would receive 9 apples less . how many q apples did each person get before 45 people joined the feast ?
0general
if the sides of a triangle are 9 cm , 16 cm and 19 cm , what is its area ?
3geometry
the number of positive integers valued pairs ( x , y ) satisfying 4 x - 17 y = 1 and x < = 1000 ( x is less than or equal to 1000 ) is
0general
a monkey ascends a greased pole 20 meters high . he ascends 2 meters in the first minute and then slips down 1 meter in the alternate minute . if this pattern continues until he climbs the pole , in how many minutes would he reach at the top of the pole ?
1physics
a retailer sells 10 shirts . the first 3 he sells for $ 20 , $ 22 and $ 25 . if the retailer wishes to sell the 10 shirts for an overall average price of over $ 20 , what must be the minimum average price of the remaining 7 shirts ?
0general
for any positive integer n , the sum of the first n positive integers equals n ( n + 1 ) / 2 . what is the sum z of all the even integers between 99 and 301 ?
0general
there are 300 employees in a room . 99 % are managers . how many managers must leave the room to bring down the percentage of managers to 98 % ?
2gain
the ratio of the number of red cars in a certain parking lot to the number of black cars is 3 to 8 . if there are 75 black cars in the lot , how many red cars are there in the lot ?
5other
a total of 50 percent of the geese included in a certain migration study were male . if some of the geese migrated during the study and 20 percent of the migrating geese were male , what was the ratio of the migration rate for the male geese to the migration rate for the female geese ? [ migration rate for geese of a certain sex = ( number of geese of that sex migrating ) / ( total number of geese of that sex ) ]
0general
mukesh weight 56.7 kg . if he reduces his weight in the ratio 7 : 6 . new weight of mukesh is ?
5other
a shopkeeper fixes the marked price of an item 30 % above its cost price . the percentage of discount allowed to gain 8 % is
2gain
maxwell leaves his home and walks toward brad ' s house at the same time that brad leaves his home and runs toward maxwell ' s house . if the distance between their homes is 36 kilometers , maxwell ' s walking speed is 3 km / h , and brad ' s running speed is 6 km / h . what is the distance traveled by maxwell when they meet in the middle ?
1physics
a meal cost $ 32.50 and there was no tax . if the tip was more than 10 pc but less than 15 pc of the price , then the total amount paid should be :
0general
stacy and heather are 15 miles apart and walk towards each other along the same route . stacy walks at constant rate that is 1 mile per hour fast than heather ' s constant rate of 5 miles / hour . if heather starts her journey 24 minutes after stacy , how far from the original destination has heather walked when the two meet ? .
1physics
a group of students decided to collect as many paise from each member of group as is the number of members . if the total collection amounts to rs . 13.69 , the number of the member is the group is :
0general
find the area of trapezium whose parallel sides are 10 cm and 18 cm long , and the distance between them is 15 cm .
1physics
how many paying stones , each measuring 2 1 / 2 m * 2 m are required to pave a rectangular court yard 40 m long and 16 1 / 2 m board ?
0general
when a number is divided by 13 , the remainder is 11 . when the same number is divided by 17 , the remainder is 9 . what is the number ?
0general
if 1 / ( x + 5 ) + 1 / ( x - 5 ) = 1 / ( x - 5 ) , what is the value of x ?
0general
how many liters of water must be added to 20 liters of milk and water containing 10 % water to make it 60 % water ?
2gain
the value of a machine depreciates at 20 % 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 certain university will select 1 of 7 candidates eligible to fill a position in the mathematics department and 2 of 12 candidates eligible to fill 2 identical positions in the computer science department . if none of the candidates is eligible for a position in both departments , how many different sets of 3 candidates are there to fill the 3 positions ?
5other
an inspector rejects 10 % of the meters as defective . how many will he examine to reject 20 ?
2gain
pipe a can fill a tank in 3 hours . due to a leak at the bottom , it takes 6 hours for the pipe a to fill the tank . in what time can the leak alone empty the full tank ?
1physics
the area of a rectangular field is equal to 200 square meters . its perimeter is equal to 60 meters . find the width of this rectangle .
3geometry
carmen made a sculpture from small pieces of wood . the sculpture is 2 feet 10 inches tall . carmen places her sculpture on a base that is 2 inches tall . how tall are the sculpture andbase together ?
3geometry
if the simple interest on a sum of money for 2 years at 5 % per annum is rs . 56 , what is the compound interest on the same sum at the rate and for the same time ?
2gain
18 men working 8 hours per day dig 30 m deep . how many extra men should be put to dig to a depth of 50 m working 6 hours per day ?
1physics
the perimeter of a rectangle is equal to 280 meters . the ratio of its length to its width is 5 : 2 . find the area of the rectangle .
3geometry
at the end of year x , automobile installment credit accounted for 36 % of all outstanding consumer installment credit . at that time automobile finance companies extended $ 35 billion of credit , or 1 / 3 of the automobile installment credit . how many billion dollars of consumer installment credit was outstanding at that time ?
0general
the cross - section of a tunnel is a trapezium in shape . if the tunnel is 15 m wide at the top and 5 m wide at the bottom and the area of cross - section is 400 sq m , the depth of tunnel is ?
1physics
if j is the least positive integer that is divisible by every integer from 10 to 15 inclusive , then j / 26 is =
0general
john purchased a grinder and a mobile for rs . 15000 & rs . 8000 respectively . he sold the grinder at a loss of 4 % and the mobile phone at a profit of 20 % . overall how much he make aprofit .
2gain
the area of sector of a circle whose radius is 18 metro and whose angle at the center is 42 â ° is ?
3geometry
the amounts of time that three secretaries worked on a special project are in the ratio of 1 to 2 to 5 . if they worked a combined total of 120 hours , how many hours did the secretary who worked the longest spend on the project ?
1physics
a number of 44 marbles is to be divided and contain with boxes . if each box is to contain 3 , 4 , or 5 marbles , what is the largest possible number of boxes ?
0general
danny is sitting on a rectangular box . the area of the front face of the box is half the area of the top face , and the area of the top face is 1.5 times the area of the side face . if the volume of the box is 192 , what is the area of the side face of the box ?
3geometry
diana is painting statues . she has 1 / 2 of a gallon of paint remaining . each statue requires 1 / 4 gallon of paint . how many statues can she paint ?
0general
find the average of first 15 natural numbers .
0general
the “ a - number ” of a number x is defined as the ones digit of 2 ^ x . antony rolls a die with 6 sides labeled with the integers from 1 to 6 , each of which has an equal probability of landing face - up . he then takes 3 ^ a , where a is the a - number of the result of his die roll , and plots 3 ^ a on a number line as the point a . finally , he repeats this entire process , this time plotting the result as the point b . what is the probability that the distance between a and b is greater than the value of b ?
0general
you and your friend spent a total of $ 17 for lunch . your friend spent $ 3 more than you . how much did your friend spend on their lunch ?
0general
a man buy a book in rs 50 & sale it rs 60 . what is the rate of profit ? ? ?
2gain
a man complete a journey in 1010 hours . he travels first half of the journey at the rate of 2121 km / hr and second half at the rate of 2424 km / hr . find the total journey in km .
1physics
the ratio of investments of two partners p and q is 7 : 5 and the ratio of their profits is 7 : 10 . if p invested the money for 20 months , find for how much time did q invest the money ?
2gain
pipe a fills a tank in 56 minutes . pipe b can fill the same tank 7 times as fast as pipe a . if both the pipes are kept open when the tank is empty , how many minutes will it take to fill the tank ?
1physics
a contractor undertakes to built a walls in 50 days . he employs 20 peoples for the same . however after 25 days he finds that only 40 % of the work is complete . how many more man need to be employed to complete the work in time ?
1physics
find the value for m ? 19 ( m + n ) + 17 = 19 ( - m + n ) - 135
0general
there are 720 students in a school . the ratio of boys and girls in this school is 3 : 5 . find the total of girls & boys are there in this school ?
5other
the length of a rectangle is two - fifths of the radius of a circle . the radius of the circle is equal to the side of the square , whose area is 2500 sq . units . what is the area ( in sq . units ) of the rectangle if the rectangle if the breadth is 10 units ?
3geometry
convert 1.6 hectares in ares
1physics
the average of 7 numbers is 15 . if each number be multiplied by 5 . find the average of new set of numbers ?
0general
calculate the speed of a boat in still water ( in km / hr ) if in one hour , the boat goes 15 km / hr downstream and 7 km / hr upstream .
1physics
a and b go around a circular track of length 400 m on a cycle at speeds of 36 kmph and 36 kmph . after how much time will they meet for the first time at the starting point ?
1physics
a circle graph shows how the megatech corporation allocates its research and development budget : 9 % microphotonics ; 14 % home electronics ; 10 % food additives ; 29 % genetically modified microorganisms ; 8 % industrial lubricants ; and the remainder for basic astrophysics . if the arc of each sector of the graph is proportional to the percentage of the budget it represents , how many degrees of the circle are used to represent basic astrophysics research ?
2gain