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in a certain company , a third of the workers do not have a retirement plan . 20 % of the workers who do not have a retirement plan are women , and 40 % of the workers who do have a retirement plan are men . if 144 of the workers of that company are men , how many of the workers are women ?
2gain
95 white and black tiles will be used to form a 10 x 10 square pattern . if there must be at least one black tile in every row and at least one white tile in every column , what is the maximum difference between the number of black and white tiles that can be used ?
0general
in what time will a railway train 20 m long moving at the rate of 36 kmph pass a telegraph post on its way ?
1physics
what is the rate percent when the simple interest on rs . 800 amount to rs . 400 in 2 years ?
2gain
if the area of a square with sides of length 9 centimeters is equal to the area of a rectangle with a width of 3 centimeters , what is the length of the rectangle , in centimeters ?
3geometry
taequan is playing a dice game where he rolls two , fair , 6 - sided dice twice . if he gets the same roll on his second try as his first , he wins . if he rolled an 8 on his first try , what is the probability that he will win with his second roll ?
0general
car a runs at the speed of 100 km / hr & reaches its destination in 5 hr . car b runs at the speed of 80 km / h & reaches its destination in 6 h . what is the respective ratio of distances covered by car a & car b ?
1physics
george baked a total of 100 pizzas for 7 straight days , beginning on saturday . he baked 3 / 5 of the pizzas the first day , and 3 / 5 of the remaining pizzas the second day . if each successive day he baked fewer pizzas than the previous day , what is the maximum number of pizzas he could have baked on wednesday ?
0general
pipe a usually fills a tank in 2 hours . on account of a leak at the bottom of the tank , it takes pipe a 30 more minutes to fill the tank . how long will the leak take to empty a full tank if pipe a is shut ?
1physics
walking at 5 / 6 th of its usual speed a cab is 5 mnts late . find its usual time to cover the journey ?
1physics
what is the 8 th digit to the right of the decimal point in the decimal expansion of 1 / 37 ?
0general
find the value of x : 3 x ^ 2 - 6 x + 3 = 0
0general
in a kilometer race , a beats b by 50 meters or 5 seconds . what time does a take to complete the race ?
1physics
what is the smallest number which when increased by 3 is divisible by 27 , 35 , 25 , & 21 ?
0general
a train 150 m long crosses a platform 130 m long in 20 sec ; find the speed of the train ?
1physics
the ages of patrick and michael are in the ratio of 3 : 5 and that of michael and monica are in the ratio of 3 : 5 . if the sum of their ages is 245 , what is the difference between the ages of patrick and monica ?
0general
when 6 + 2 = 85 , 8 + 3 = 115 , 7 + 5 = 125 , then 5 + 8 = ?
0general
pipe a can fill a tank in 4 hours . due to a leak at the bottom , it takes 8 hours for the pipe a to fill the tank . in what time can the leak alone empty the full tank ?
1physics
in how many ways 7 boys and 7 girls can be seated in a row so that boys and girls are alternate ?
4probability
how many two - element subsets of < 1 , 23 , 45 , 67 > are there that do not contain the pair of elements 2 and 4 ?
0general
a certain junior class has 3000 students and a certain senior class has 800 students . among these students , there are 60 siblings pairs each consisting of 1 junior and 1 senior . if 1 student is to be selected at random from each class , what is the probability that the 2 students selected will be a sibling pair ?
4probability
there is a sufficient food for 200 men for 20 days after 15 days 100 men leave the place . for how many days will the rest of the food last for the rest of the men ?
1physics
a motorcyclist started riding at highway marker a , drove 120 miles to highway marker b , and then , without pausing , continued to highway marker c , where she stopped . the average speed of the motorcyclist , over the course of the entire trip , was 30 miles per hour . if the ride from marker a to marker b lasted 3 times as many hours as the rest of the ride , and the distance from marker b to marker c was half of the distance from marker a to marker b , what was the average speed , in miles per hour , of the motorcyclist while driving from marker b to marker c ?
1physics
how much 60 % of 50 is greater than 30 % of 30 ?
2gain
the average of 50 numbers id 50 . if two numbers , namely 45 and 55 are discarded , the average of the remaining numbers is :
0general
a can do a work in 9 days . b can do the same work in 18 days . if both a & b are working together in how many days they will finish the work ?
1physics
how many numbers between 100 and 672 are divisible by 2 , 3 , and 7 together ?
0general
angelo and isabella are both salespersons . in any given week , angelo makes $ 550 in base salary plus 8 percent of the portion of his sales above $ 3,000 for that week . isabella makes 10 percent of her total sales for any given week . for what amount of weekly sales would angelo and isabella earn the same amount of money ?
0general
a girl scout was selling boxes of cookies . in a month , she sold both boxes of chocolate chip cookies ( $ 1.25 each ) and boxes of plain cookies ( $ 0.75 each ) . altogether , she sold 1,585 boxes for a combined value of $ 1 , 586.75 . how many boxes of plain cookies did she sell ?
5other
a man purchased 3 blankets @ rs . 100 each , 5 blankets @ rs . 150 each and two blankets at a certain rate which is now slipped off from his memory . but he remembers that the average price of the blankets was rs . 157 . find the unknown rate of two blankets ?
0general
0.0004 ? = 0.02
0general
a bag contains 10 red jellybeans and 10 blue jellybeans . if 3 jellybeans are removed one at a time , at random and are not replaced , what is the probability t that all 3 jellybeans removed from the bag are blue ?
4probability
the length of a rectangle is reduced by 25 % . by what % would the width have to be increased to maintainthe original area ?
3geometry
a survey was sent to 95 customers , 7 of whom responded . then the survey was redesigned and sent to another 63 customers , 9 of whom responded . by approximately what percent did the response rate increase from the original survey to the redesigned survey ?
2gain
tough and tricky questions : word problems . ak car company wants to manufacture a new car known as model x , and it is trying to determine how many cars it needs to sell in order to make an annual profit of $ 30 , 500000 . the annual fixed costs for model x total $ 50 , 200000 . in addition , each model x car has an average cost of $ 5000 per vehicle to manufacture . if the company forecasts it will sell 20000 model x cars this year , at what price must the company sell the car to achieve the desired annual profit ?
0general
according to the directions on a packet of smoothie mix , 1 3 - ounce packet of smoothie mix is to be combined with 15 ounces of water to make a smoothie . how many 3 - ounce packets of smoothie mix are required to prepare 150 12 - ounce smoothies ?
0general
how many 3 - digit numbers are divisible by 6 in all ?
0general
two pipes can fill a tank in 10 minutes and 25 minutes . an outlet pipe can empty the tank in 45 minutes . if all the pipes are opened when the tank is empty , then how many minutes will it take to fill the tank ?
1physics
if 7 ^ k = 2 , then 7 ^ ( 4 k + 2 ) =
0general
one day a car rental agency rented 3 / 4 of its cars , including 3 / 5 of its cars with cd players . if 3 / 5 of its cars have cd players , what percent of the cars that were not rented had cd players ?
0general
little john had $ 5.10 . he spent $ 1.05 on sweets and gave to his two friends $ 1.00 each . how much money was left ?
0general
a fair coin is tossed 3 times . what is the probability of getting at least 2 heads ?
4probability
a , b and c enter into partnership . a invests some money at the beginning , b invests double the amount after 6 months , and c invests thrice the amount after 8 months . if the annual gain be rs . 18900 . a ' s share is ?
2gain
bottle r contains 250 capsules and costs $ 8.25 . bottle t contains 130 capsules and costs $ 2.99 . what is the difference between the cost per capsule for bottle r and the cost per capsule for bottle t ?
0general
if albert ’ s monthly earnings rise by 30 % , he would earn $ 598 . if , instead , his earnings rise by only 35 % , how much ( in $ ) would he earn this month ?
2gain
the unit digit in the product 3421 * 6721 * 4584 * 6784 is ?
0general
the sum of the present ages of two persons a and b is 60 . if the age of a is twice that of b , find the sum of their ages 4 years hence ?
0general
robert is travelling on his cycle andhas calculated to reach point a at 2 pm . if he travels at 10 kmph , he will reach there at 12 pm if he travels at 15 kmph . at what speed must he travel to reach a at 1 pm ?
1physics
let f ( x , y ) be defined as the remainder when ( x – y ) ! is divided by x . if x = 36 , what is the maximum value of y for which f ( x , y ) = 0 ?
0general
a computer factory produces 4032 computers per month at a constant rate , how many computers are built every 30 minutes assuming that there are 28 days in one month ?
1physics
the ratio of the radius of two circles is 1 : 4 , and then the ratio of their areas is ?
3geometry
the average age of a class of 39 students is 15 years . if the age of the teacher be included , then the average increased by 3 months . find the age of the teacher ?
0general
country x imported approximately $ 1.44 billion of goods in 1996 . if country x imported $ 488 million of goods in the first two months of 1997 and continued to import goods at the same rate for the rest of the year , by how much would country xs 1997 imports exceed those of 1996 ?
0general
the ratio of 2 numbers is 2 : 7 and their h . c . f . is 18 . their l . c . m . is ?
5other
110 people are attending a newspaper conference . 45 of them are writers and more than 38 are editors . of the people at the conference , x are both writers and editors and 2 x are neither . what is the largest possible number of people who are both writers and editors ?
5other
in may mrs lee ' s earnings were 70 percent of the lee family ' s total income . in june mrs lee earned 20 percent more than in may . if the rest of the family ' s income was the same both months , then , in june , mrs lee ' s earnings were approximately what percent of the lee family ' s total income ?
0general
one year ago , the ratio of roonie ’ s and ronaldo ’ s age was 6 : 7 respectively . 4 years hence , this ratio would become 7 : 8 . how old is ronaldo ?
5other
a sum of money is to be distributed among a , b , c , d in the proportion of 5 : 2 : 4 : 3 . if c gets rs . 900 more than d , what is b ' s share ?
0general
the speed at which a man can row a boat in still water is 14 kmph . if he rows downstream , where the speed of current is 2 kmph , what time will he take to cover 40 metres ?
1physics
a , b and c started a business with a total investment of rs . 90000 . a invests rs . 6000 more than b and b invests rs . 3000 less than c . if the total profit at the end of a year is rs . 8640 , find c ' s share .
0general
the ratio of the present age of sandy to that of molly is 9 : 2 . sixteen years from now , the ratio of the ages of sandy to molly will be 5 : 2 . what was sandy ' s age 6 years ago ?
0general
how many 3 - digits number are palindromic numbers ? a palindromic number reads the same forward and backward , example 121 .
0general
the average of the 5 numbers is 6.8 . if one of the numbers is multiplied by 3 , the average of the numbers increases to 9.2 . which of the 5 numbers is multiplied by 3 ?
0general
( 3192 + 6160 ) / 28
0general
a ferry can transport 100 tons of vehicles . automobiles range in weight from 1,800 to 3,200 pounds . what is the greatest number of automobiles that can be loaded onto the ferry ?
0general
when positive integer n is divided by positive integer j , the remainder is 25 . if n / j = 204.05 , what is value of j ?
0general
a , b , c subscribe rs . 50000 for a business . a subscribes rs . 4000 more than b and b rs . 5000 more than c . out of a total profit of rs . 30000 , b receives :
0general
a man swims downstream 48 km and upstream 18 km taking 3 hours each time , what is the speed of the man in still water ?
1physics
if the population of a certain country increases at the rate of one person every 30 seconds , by how many persons does the population increase in 10 minutes ?
1physics
a can complete a project in 20 days and b can complete the same project in 30 days . if a and b start working on the project together and b quits 15 days before the project is completed , in how many days total will the project be completed ?
1physics
a meeting has to be conducted with 4 managers . find the number of ways in which the managers be selected from among 7 managers , if 2 managers will not attend the meeting together ?
4probability
two trains each 150 m in length each , are running on two parallel lines in opposite directions . if one goes at the speed of 95 km / h while the other travels at 85 km / h . how long will it take for them to pass each other completely .
1physics
p is 10 % more efficient than q . p can complete a work in 21 days . if p and q work together , how many days will it take to complete the same work ?
1physics
the average weight of a , b and c is 44 kg . if the average weight of a and b be 40 kg and that of b and c be 43 kg , then the weight of b is :
0general
a , b , k start from the same place and travel in the same direction at speeds of 30 km / hr , 40 km / hr , 100 km / hr respectively . b starts two hours after a . if b and k overtake a at the same instant , how many hours after a did k start ?
1physics
a shopkeeper bought 600 oranges and 400 bananas . he found 15 % of oranges and 4 % of bananas were rotten . find the percentage of fruits in good condition ?
2gain
james took a 3 - hour bike ride . in the second hour he travlled 18 miles , which was 20 percent farther than he traveled the first hour . if he traveled 25 percent farther in the third hour than he did in the second hour , how many miles did jose travel during the entire ride ?
1physics
by weight , liquid x makes up 2 percent of solution p and 7.5 percent of solution q . if 400 grams of solution p are mixed with 600 grams of solution q , then liquid x accounts for what percent of the weight of the resulting solution ?
2gain
a train traveling at 216 kmph crosses a platform in 30 seconds and a man standing on the platform in 12 seconds . what is the length of the platform in meters ?
1physics
for my anniversary , i decided to surprise my wife . since she is a voracious reader , i decided to collect a lot of books for her . on the first day of the month , i bought one book , on the second , i bought two and on the third , i bought three . this process went on till the anniversary and on the day , i had 190 books with me to gift her . can you calculate , on which day is our anniversary ?
1physics
at a tanning salon , customers are charged $ 10 for their first visit in a calendar month and $ 3 for each visit after that in the same calendar month . in the last calendar month , 100 customers visited the salon , of which 30 made a second visit , and 10 made a third visit . all other customers made only one visit . if those visits were the only source of revenue for the salon , what was the revenue for the last calendar month at the salon ?
1physics
there are 7 players in a bowling team with an average weight of 94 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
the average weight of 12 person ' s increases by 4 kg when a new person comes in place of one of them weighing 58 kg . what is the weight of the new person ?
0general
a cube 125 mt is colored pink on two opposite surfaces and then cut in to 125 smaller cubes then find how many number of cubes have pink color ?
3geometry
6 ) a marketing firm determined that , of 180 households surveyed , 80 used neither brand a nor brand b soap . 60 used only brand a soap and for every household that used both brands of soap , 3 used only brand b soap . how many of the 200 household surveyed used both brands of soap ?
5other
one machine takes 3 minutes to check fault in 100 km fiber optic cable . another machine does the same job in 3 seconds . what time will it take to do the same job when both machines are put to work ?
1physics
a certain telescope increases the visual range at a particular location from 60 kilometers to 150 kilometers . by what percent is the visual range increased by using the telescope ?
0general
a small company reduced its faculty by approximately 13 percent to 181 employees . what was the original number of employees ?
2gain
66 small identical cubes are used to form a large cube . how many more cubes are needed to add one top layer of small cube all over the surface of the large cube ?
3geometry
0.9 * 0.007 = ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ _________
0general
a train passes a station platform in 31 sec and a man standing on the platform in 20 sec . if the speed of the train is 54 km / hr . what is the length of the platform ?
1physics
the length of a rectangular garden is three times its width . if the area of the rectangular garden is 768 square meters , then what is the width of the rectangular garden ?
3geometry
mr . hernandez , who was a resident of state x for only 9 months last year , had a taxable income of $ 42,500 for the year . if the state tax rate were 4 percent of the year ’ s taxable income prorated for the proportion of the year during which the taxpayer was a resident , what would be the amount of mr . hernandez ’ s state x tax for last year ?
2gain
if a man lost 10 % by selling oranges at the rate of 10 a rupee at how many a rupee must he sell them to gain 50 % ?
2gain
a candidate appearing for an examination has to secure 42 % marks to pass paper i . but he secured only 42 marks and failed by 22 marks . what is the maximum mark for paper i ?
2gain
if ( - 3 ) ^ ( 2 x ) = 3 ^ ( 12 - x ) and x is an integer , what is the value of x ?
0general
in a division sum , the divisor is 10 times the quotient and 5 times the remainder . if the remainder is 46 , what is the dividend ?
0general
find the perimeter and area of a square of side 11 cm .
3geometry
a company plans to gradually replace its fleet of 20 cars with newer models . at the end of every year starting with 2000 it retires 5 of its old cars and buys 6 new models . how many years did it take before the number of older cars left in the company ' s fleet was less than 50 percent of the fleet ?
2gain
the ratio of radius of a circle and the side of a square is 2 : 3 . find the ratio of their areas :
3geometry