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a sum of rs . 2795 is lent into two parts so that the interest on the first part for 8 years at 3 % per annum may be equal to the interest on the second part for 3 years at 5 % per annum . find the second sum ?
2gain
in one year , the population , of a village increased by 25 % and in the next year , it decreased by 25 % . if at the end of 2 nd year , the population was 18750 , what was it in the beginning ?
0general
a small pool filled only with water will require an additional 300 gallons of water in order to be filled to 85 % of its capacity . if pumping in these additional 300 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
if 85 % of 3 / 5 of a number is 36 , then the number is ?
2gain
a jar contains a mixture of ab in the ratio 3 : 2 . when 10 l of mixture is replaced with liquid b , ratio becomes 2 : 3 . how many liters of liquid a was present in mixture initially .
5other
√ 3 percent of 3 √ 3 =
2gain
machine a produces 100 parts twice as fast as machine b does . machine b produces 100 parts in 40 minutes . if each machine produces parts at a constant rate , how many parts does machine a produce in 10 minutes ?
2gain
an order was placed for the supply of a carper whose length and breadth were in the ratio of 3 : 2 . subsequently , the dimensions of the carpet were altered such that its length and breadth were in the ratio 7 : 3 but were was no change in its parameter . find the ratio of the areas of the carpets in both the cases ?
5other
of the diplomats who attended a summit conference : 20 spoke french , 32 did not speak english and 20 % of the diplomats spoke neither french nor english . if 10 % of the diplomats spoke both french and english , then how many diplomats attended the conference ?
5other
a man spends 2 / 5 of his salary on house rent , 3 / 10 of his salary on food and 1 / 8 of his salary on conveyance . if he has $ 1400 left with him , find his expenditure on food .
0general
in the fifth grade at parkway elementary school there are 420 students . 312 students are boys and 250 students are playing soccer . 82 % of the students that play soccer are boys . how many girl student are in parkway that is not playing soccer ?
2gain
x , a , z , and b are single digit positive integers . x = 1 / 5 a . z = 1 / 5 b . ( 10 a + b ) – ( 10 x + z ) could not equal
0general
how much water should be added to 10 liters of a 20 % - solution of alcohol to reduce the concentration of alcohol in the solution by 75 % ?
0general
on a game show , a contestant is given 3 keys , each of which opens exactly one of 3 identical boxes . the first box contains $ 5 , the second $ 500 , and the third $ 5000 . the contestant assigns each key to one of the boxes and wins the amount of money contained in any box that is opened by the key assigned to it . what is the probability that a contestant will win more than $ 5000 ?
0general
sakshi can do a piece of work in 20 days . tanya is 25 % more efficient than sakshi . the number of days taken by tanya to do the same piece of work :
1physics
there are 18 stations between hyderabad and bangalore . how many second class tickets have to be printed , so that a passenger can travel from any station to any other station ?
1physics
the perimeter of a square is 28 cm . what is the perimeter of a circle whose radius is equal to the side of the square ? ( in cm )
3geometry
a boat traveled upstream 90 miles at an average speed of ( v - 3 ) miles per hour and then traveled the same distance downstream at an average speed of ( v + 3 ) miles per hour . if the trip upstream took a half hour longer than the trip downstream , then how many hours did it take the boat to travel downstream ?
1physics
in a certain country 1 / 3 of 4 = 6 . assuming the same proportion , what would be the value of 1 / 6 of 20 ?
0general
working together , a and b can do a job in 6 days . b and c can do the same job in 10 days , while c and a can do it in 7.5 days . how long will it take if all a , b and c work together to complete the job ?
1physics
from below option 49 is divisible by which one ?
0general
ramesh purchased a refrigerator for rs . 12500 after getting a discount of 20 % on the labelled price . he spent rs . 125 on transport and rs . 250 on installation . at what price should it be sold so that the profit earned would be 12 % if no discount was offered ?
2gain
if x / ( 12 p ) is an even prime number , where x is a positive integer and p is a prime number , what is the least value of x ?
0general
there are 8 players in a chess group , and each player plays each of the others once . given that each game is played by two players , how many total games will be played ?
0general
a driver just filled the car ' s gas tank with 45 liters of gasohol , a mixture consisting of 5 % ethanol and 95 % gasoline . if the car runs best on a mixture consisting of 10 % ethanol and 90 % gasoline , how many liters of ethanol must be added into the gas tank for the car to achieve optimum performance ?
0general
think of a number , divide it by 5 and add 23 to it . the result is 42 . what is the number thought of ?
0general
ms . lopez deposits $ 100 in an account that pays 20 % interest , compounded semiannually . how much money will there be in the account at the end of one year ?
2gain
here ' s an easy question of averages , but let ' s try to see innovative ways of solving this . a class has 12 boys and x girls . average score of boys and girls is 84 and 92 respectively . the average of the whole class is 86 , what is the value of x ?
0general
the present population of a town is 1000 . population increase rate is 20 % p . a . find the population of town after 2 years ?
2gain
if rs . 7500 are borrowed at c . i at the rate of 4 % per annum , then after 4 years the amount to be paid is ?
2gain
kim can do a work in 3 days while david can do the same work in 2 days . both of them finish the work together and get rs . 150 . what is the share of kim ?
1physics
at what price must an article costing rs . 51.50 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
4,7 , 11,18 , 29,47 , . . . ? . . , 123,199
0general
there are two cars . one is 60 miles north of the other . simultaneously , the car to the north is driven westward at 15 miles per hour and the other car is driven eastward at 25 miles per hour . how many miles apart are the cars after 2 hours ?
1physics
the diluted wine contains only 8 liters of wine and the rest is water . a new mixture whose concentration is 30 % , is to be formed by replacing wine . how many liters of mixture shall be replaced with pure wine if there was initially 32 liters of water in the mixture ?
5other
the length of the side of a square is represented by x + 2 . the length of the side of an equilateral triangle is 2 x . if the square and the equilateral triangle have equal perimeter , then the value of x is ?
3geometry
the cost price of 8 articles is equal to the selling price of 5 articles . what is the profit percent ?
2gain
a man is 30 years older than his son . in two years , his age will be twice the age of his son . the present age of the son is ?
0general
in what ratio should a variety of rice costing rs . 7 per kg be mixed with another variety of rice costing rs . 8.75 per kg to obtain a mixture costing rs . 7.50 per kg ?
5other
q and r are two - digit positive integers that have the same digits but in reverse order . if the positive difference between q and r is less than 20 , what is the greatest possible value of q minus r ?
0general
a 600 meter long train crosses a signal post in 50 seconds . how long will it take to cross a 3 kilometer long bridge , at the same speed ?
1physics
a cistern is normally filled in 6 hrs , but takes 2 hrs longer to fill because of a leak on its bottom , if cistern is full , how much time citern would empty ?
1physics
a number x is multiplied with itself and then added to the product of 4 and x . if the result of these two operations is - 8 , what is the value of x ?
0general
if the sum of two positive integers is 20 and the difference of their squares is 40 , what is the product of the two integers ?
0general
8 men can do a piece of work in 12 days . 4 women can do it in 48 days and 10 children can do it in 24 days . in how many days can 10 men , 20 women and 10 children together complete the piece of work ?
1physics
what is the remainder when 3 ^ 86 is divided by 5 ?
0general
if the ratio of two number is 2 : 5 and lcm of the number is 160 then what is the number .
5other
the moon revolves around the earth at a speed of approximately 1.03 kilometers per second . this approximate speed is how many kilometers per hour ?
1physics
the average marks obtained by 100 candidates in an examination is 50 . find how many candidates have passed in the examination , if the average marks of candidates who passed is 70 and that of failed candidates is 20 .
0general
set v consists of integers { 3 , - 8 , y , 19 , - 6 } and set b consists of integers { k , - 3 , 0 , 16 , - 5 , 9 } . number l represents the median of set v , number m represents mode of set b and number z = l ^ m . if y is an integer greater than 21 , for what value of k will z be a divisor of 26 ?
0general
in 1982 and 1983 , company b ’ s operating expenses were $ 11.0 million and $ 14.0 million , respectively , and its revenues were $ 15.6 million and $ 18.8 million , respectively . what was the percent increase in company b ’ s profit ( revenues minus operating expenses ) from 1982 to 1983 ?
0general
how many integers between 1 and 1,800 are divisible by 20 , 30,40 ?
0general
a sum of rs . 2704 is lent into two parts so that the interest on the first part for 8 years at 3 % per annum may be equal to the interest on the second part for 3 years at 5 % per annum . find the second sum ?
2gain
150 is increased by 40 % . find the final number .
2gain
a person ' s salary is getting reduced by 20 % . what percentage should be added to get back his original salary ?
2gain
bag a contains red , white and blue marbles such that the red to white marble ratio is 1 : 3 and the white to blue marble ratio is 2 : 3 . bag b contains red and white marbles in the ratio of 1 : 4 . together , the two bags contain 18 white marbles . how many red marbles could be in bag a ?
5other
the price of lunch for 10 people was $ 207 including a 15 % gratuity for service . what was the average price per person , excluding the gratuity ?
0general
in an office , totally there are 1800 employees and 60 % of the total employees are males . 30 % of the males in the office are at - least 50 years old . find the number of males aged below 50 years ?
0general
if 25 lines are drawn in a plane such that no two of them are parallel and no three are concurrent , then in how many points do they intersect ?
1physics
in a renowned city , the average birth rate is 5 people every two seconds and the death rate is 3 people every two seconds . estimate the size of the population net increase that occurs in one day .
0general
population is 21000 . population increases by 10 % every year , then the population after 3 years is ?
2gain
a , b , c hired a car for rs . 720 and used it for 9 , 10 and 13 hours respectively . hire charges paid by b are :
1physics
at what price must an book costing $ 47.50 be marked in order that after deducting 12 % from the list price . it may be sold at a profit of 25 % on the cost price ?
2gain
the average of 45 results is 13 . the average of first 22 of them is 15 and that of last 22 is 20 . find the 23 result ?
0general
if log 1087.5 = 5.9421 , then the number of digits in ( 875 ) 10 is ?
5other
a japanese rock band made ¥ 3 million on their first album with sales of ¥ 12 million , and made ¥ 5 million on their second album with sales of ¥ 30 million . by approximately what percent did the ratio of profit to sales decrease from the first album to second album ?
2gain
an inspector rejects 0.05 % of the meters as defective . how many will he examine to reject 2 ?
2gain
a number is doubled and 9 is added . if resultant is trebled , it becomes 69 . what is that number
0general
a motor boat takes 12 hours to go downstream and it takes 24 hours to return the same distance . what is the time taken by boat in still water ?
1physics
if x is a positive integer , then the least value of x for which x ! is divisible by 100000 is ? can someone please explain intuitively what the question is asking ?
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 $ 30 more than that received by b , find the total amount shared by a , b and c .
0general
if 0.25 of a number is equal to 0.05 of another number , the ratio of the numbers is :
5other
what is the compound interest on rs : 50,000 for 4 months at the rate of 5 % per annum
2gain
if k and w are the dimensions of a rectangle that has area 20 and if k and w are integers such that k > w , what is the total number of possible values of k ?
3geometry
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 648 , what is the area of the side face of the box ?
3geometry
the speed of a car increases by 2 kms after every one hour . if the distance travelling in the first one hour was 30 kms . what was the total distance traveled in 12 hours ?
1physics
how many seconds will a train 100 meters long take to cross a bridge 150 meters long if the speed of the train is 54 kmph ?
1physics
if x and g are integers and 2 x – g = 11 , then 4 x + g can not be
0general
a fair 8 - sided dice labeled 1 to 8 is tossed 3 times . what is the probability the value of the dice shown is 3 at least once ?
0general
in what time will a train 100 m long cross an electric pole , it its speed be 216 km / hr ?
1physics
consider below info to be a table : amount of bacteria time - amount 1 pm - 10 gms 4 pm - x gms 7 pm - 12.1 gms data for a certain biology experiment are given in the table above . if the amount of bacteria present increased by the same factor during each of the two 3 - hour periods shown , how many grams of bacteria were present at 4 pm ?
0general
every day daniel drives 120 miles back from work . on sunday , daniel drove all the way back from work at a constant speed of x miles per hour . on monday , daniel drove the first 32 miles back from work at ( 2 x ) miles per hour , and the rest of the way at ( x / 2 ) miles per hour . the time it took daniel to drive back from work on monday is longer than the time it took him to drive back from work on sunday by what percent ?
1physics
how many multiples of 4 are there between 1 and 100 , inclusive ?
0general
caleb spends $ 66.50 on 50 hamburgers for the marching band . if single burgers cost $ 1.00 each and double burgers cost $ 1.50 each , how many double burgers did he buy ?
0general
a pump can fill a tank with water in 2 hours . because of a leak , it took hours to fill the tank . the leak can drain all the water of the tank in :
1physics
rectangular tile each of size 70 cm by 30 cm must be laid horizontally on a rectangular floor of size 900 cm by 600 cm , such that the tiles do not overlap and they are placed with edges jutting against each other on all edges . a tile can be placed in any orientation so long as its edges are parallel to the edges of floor . no tile should overshoot any edge of the floor . the maximum number of tiles that can be accommodated on the floor is :
3geometry
a merchant has selected two items to be placed on sale , one of which currently sells for 45 percent less than the other . if he wishes to raise the price of the cheaper item so that the two items are equally priced , by what percentage must he raise the price of the less expensive item ?
0general
running at the same rate , 8 identical machines can produce 560 paperclips a minute . at this rate , how many paperclips could 15 machines produce in 6 minutes ?
2gain
in how many ways 3 boys and 3 girls can be seated in a row so that boys and girls are alternate ?
4probability
if 7 gallons of gasoline are added to a tank that is already filled to 3 / 4 of its capacity , the tank is then filled to 9 / 10 of its capacity . how many gallons does the tank hold ?
0general
working at constant rate , pump x pumped out half of the water in a flooded basement in 6 hours . the pump y was started and the two pumps , working independently at their respective constant rates , pumped out rest of the water in 3 hours . how many hours would it have taken pump y , operating alone at its own constant rate , to pump out all of the water that was pumped out of the basement ?
1physics
speed of a boat in standing water is 9 kmph and the speed of the stream is 6 kmph . a man rows to place at a distance of 170 km and comes back to the starting point . the total time taken by him is :
1physics
if the cost price of 17 articles is equal to the selling price of 16 articles , what is the percentage of profit or loss that the merchant makes ?
2gain
according to a recent student poll , 4 / 5 out of 20 members of the finance club are interested in a career in investment banking . if two students are chosen at random , what is the probability that at least one of them is interested in investment banking ?
2gain
let p be a prime number . if n = 8 p , how many distinct even divisors does n have ?
0general
a candidate who gets 30 % of the marks fails by 30 marks . but another candidate who gets 45 % marks gets 15 marks more than necessary for passing . find the number of marks for passing ?
2gain
in a forest 190 deer were caught , tagged with electronic markers , then released . a week later , 50 deer were captured in the same forest . of these 50 deer , it was found that 5 had been tagged with the electronic markers . if the percentage of tagged deer in the second sample approximates the percentage of tagged deer in the forest , and if no deer had either left or entered the forest over the preceding week , what is the approximate number of deer in the forest ?
0general
a person ' s present age is two - fifth of the age of his mother . after 6 years , he will be one - half of the age of his mother . how old is the mother at present ?
0general
two goods trains each 500 m long are running in opposite directions on parallel tracks . their speeds are 20 km / hr and 30 km / hr respectively . find the time taken by the slower train to pass the driver of the faster one ?
1physics
find the circumference and area of radius 11 cm .
3geometry