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ratio of two numbers x and y is 5 : 7 . if x is increased by 20 % and y is increased by 2 then the new ratio becomes 2 : 3 . what is the ratio 3 y : ( x + 6 )
0general
if a = { 9 , 17 , 25 , 28 , 29 , 30 } , how much less is the mean of the numbers in a than the median of the numbers in s ?
0general
a , b and c have rs . 1000 between them , a and c together have rs . 700 and b and c rs . 600 . how much does c have ?
0general
sam ’ s car was fined when he gave joe and peter a ride , so they decided to help sam pay the fine . joe paid $ 10 more than 1 / 4 of the fine and peter paid $ 10 less than 1 / 3 of the fine , leaving pay $ 25 less than 1 / 2 the fine to complete the payment . what fraction of the fine did sam pay ?
0general
from a pack of 52 cards , 1 card is drawn at random . what is the probability that a king is drawn ?
4probability
if ( 1 / 2 ) ^ 18 ( 1 / 81 ) ^ k = 1 / 18 ^ 18 , then k =
0general
in a college , the ratio of the number of boys to girls is 8 : 5 . if there are 300 girls , the total number of students in the college is
5other
the sale price sarees listed for rs . 390 after successive discount is 15 % and 25 % is ?
2gain
a student finds the average of 9 positive integers . each integer contains two digits . by mistake , the boy interchanges the digits of one number say pq for qp . due to this , the average becomes 1 less than the previous one . what was the difference of the two digits p and q ?
0general
a man can row a distance of 5 km in 60 min with the help of the tide . the direction of the tide reverses with the same speed . now he travels a further 25 km in 10 hours . how much time he would have saved if the direction of tide has not changed ?
1physics
a grocer has a sale of rs . 6435 , rs . 6927 , rs . 6855 , rs . 7230 and rs . 6562 for 5 consecutive months . how much sale must he have in the sixth month so that he gets an average sale of rs . 7000 ?
0general
during the first two weeks of january , the total rainfall in springdale was 30 inches . if the rainfall during the second week was 1.5 times the rainfall during the first week , what was the rainfall during the second week of january ?
0general
let f ( x , y ) be defined as the remainder when ( x – y ) ! is divided by x . if x = 45 , what is the maximum value of y for which f ( x , y ) = 0 ?
0general
what is the minimum value of | x - 4 | + | x + 2 | + | x - 5 | ?
0general
the average weight of 8 persons increases by 4 kg when a new person comes in place of one of them weighing 65 kg . what might be the weight of the new person ?
0general
a train 120 m in length crosses a telegraph post in 16 seconds . the speed of the train is ?
1physics
subash can copy 50 pages in 10 hrs . subash and prakash together can copy 300 pages in 40 hours . in how much time prakash can copy 25 pages .
0general
if p and q are positive integers each greater than 1 , and 17 ( p + 1 ) = 25 ( q + 1 ) , what is the least possible value of p + q ?
0general
what will be the cost of building a fence around a square plot with area equal to 289 sq ft , if the price per foot of building the fence is rs . 54 ?
3geometry
excluding stoppages , the speed of a train is 45 kmph and including stoppages it is 33 kmph . of how many minutes does the train stop per hour ?
1physics
worker a takes 8 hours to do a job . worker b takes 10 hours to do the same job . how long should it take both a and b , working together but independently , to do the same job ?
1physics
rectangle dimensions were given , 2 doors dimensions given , 2 windows dimensions given . 70 cm wide wallpaper to be covered on the walls of this room . cost of wallpaper is 60 per meter . . calculate total cost
1physics
set s consists of integers { 12 , 34 } . if two numbers are chosen from set s at random , what is the probability that the sum of 2 numbers is more than 6 ?
0general
in a sample of 800 high school students in which all students are either freshmen , sophomores , juniors , or seniors , 23 percent are juniors and 75 percent are not sophomores . if there are 160 seniors , how many more freshmen than sophomores are there among the sample of students ?
2gain
the manager of a produce market purchased a quantity of tomatoes for $ 0.80 per pound . due to improper handling , 10 percent of the tomatoes , by weight , were ruined and discarded . at what price per pound should the manager sell the remaining tomatoes if she wishes to make a profit on the sale of the tomatoes equal to 9 percent of the cost of the tomatoes .
2gain
if a coin has an equal probability of landing heads up or tails up each time it is flipped , what is the probability that the coin will land heads up exactly once in 3 consecutive flips ?
4probability
the average weight of 10 person ' s increases by 2.5 kg when a new person comes in place of one of them weighing 50 kg . what might be the weight of the new person ?
0general
the speed of a boat in still water is 15 km / hr and the rate of current is 3 km / hourr . the distance travelled downstream in 24 mins is ?
1physics
if 1 tic equals 4 tacs and 5 tacs equal 8 tocs , what is the ratio of one tic to one toc ?
5other
a man can row upstream at 22 kmph and downstream at 42 kmph , and then find the speed of the man in still water ?
1physics
if the side length of square b is five times that of square a , the area of square b is how many times the area of square a ?
3geometry
the average weight of 20 oarsmen in a boat is increased by 2 kg when one of the crew , who weight 40 kg is replaced by a new man . find the weight of the new man .
0general
in a club with 310 peopl , 138 play tennis , 255 play baseball , and 94 people play both sports . how many people do not pla a sport ?
5other
a 14 % stock yielding 8 % is quoted at ?
2gain
at present the ratio between the ages of arun and deepak is 4 : 3 . after 6 years , arun ' s age will be 26 years . what is the age of deepak at present ?
5other
working together , jose and jane can complete an assigned task in 5 days . however , if jose worked alone and complete half the work and then jane takes over the task and completes the second half of the task , the task will be completed in 15 days . how long will jose take to complete the task if he worked alone ? assume that jane is more efficient than jose
1physics
two years ago , ram put $ 1,000 into a savings account . at the end of the first year , his account had accrued $ 100 in interest bringing his total balance to $ 1,100 . the next year , his account balance increased by 20 % . at the end of the two years , by what percent has sam ' s account balance increased from his initial deposit of $ 1,000 ?
2gain
a gets 3 times as much money as b gets , b gets only rs . 25 more then what c gets . the 3 gets rs . 645 in all . find the share of b ?
0general
if ( a - b - c + d = 13 ) and ( a + b - c - d = 3 ) , what is the value of ( b - d ) ^ 2 ?
0general
dhoni spent 20 percent of his earning last month on rent and 5 percent less than what he spent on rent to purchase a new dishwasher . what percent of last month ' s earning did dhoni have left over ?
2gain
if a ' s height is 20 % less than that of b , how much percent b ' s height is more than that of a ?
0general
a set of football matches is to be organized in a ` ` round - robin ' ' fashion , i . e . , every participating team plays a match against every other team once and only once . if 15 matches are totally played , how many teams participated ?
0general
the average weight of 8 sailors in a boat is increased by 1 kg if one of them weighing 56 kg is replaced by a new sailor . the weight of the new sailor is ?
0general
there are some sweets in party , 1 / 3 rd eaten by kids . then 2 / 5 th of the remaining by men , then 2 / 3 rd of the remaining by women . at last 2 were remaining . how many sweets were in total ?
0general
the cost of 100 articles is equal to selling price of 90 . find the gain or loss percent ?
2gain
a bag contains 5 green balls and 9 white balls . if two balls are drawn simultaneously , what is the probability that both balls are the same colour ?
5other
a no . when divided by 223 gives a remainder 43 , what remainder will beobtained by dividingthe same no . 17 ?
0general
find the 25 % of rs . 400 .
2gain
a shop owner sells 40 mtr of cloth and gains sp of 10 mtrs . find the gain % ?
2gain
ajay spends 50 % of his monthly income on household items , 25 % of his monthly income on buying cloths , 15 % of his monthly income on medicines and saves the remaining amount which is rs . 9000 . find his monthly income .
2gain
the measurement of a rectangular box with lid is 50 cmx 30 cmx 38 cm . find the volume of the largest sphere that can be inscribed in the box ( in terms of π cm 3 ) . ( hint : the lowest measure of rectangular box represents the diameter of the largest sphere )
3geometry
if an article is sold at 12 % profit instead of 16 % profit , then the profit would be rs . 105 less . what is the cost price ?
2gain
gold is 19 times as heavy as water and copper is 9 times as heavy as water . in what ratio should these be mixed to get an alloy 16 times as heavy as water ?
0general
a question paper has 2 parts , a & b , each containing 7 questions . if a student has to choose 5 from part a & 4 from part b , in how many ways can he choose the questions ?
4probability
a man has some hens and cows . if the number of heads be 60 and the number of feet equals 200 , then the number of hens will be :
0general
what is the difference between 62 % of 150 nd 20 % of 250 .
2gain
of the total amount that jill spent on a shopping trip , excluding taxes , she spent 50 percent on clothing , 25 percent on food , and 25 percent on other items . if jill paid a 10 percent tax on the clothing , no tax on the food , and an 20 percent tax on all other items , then the total tax that she paid was what percent of the total amount that she spent , excluding taxes ?
0general
if a 2 - b 2 = 11 and a * b = 5 , find a 4 + b 4 .
0general
on july 1 of last year , total employees at company e was decreased by 10 percent . without any change in the salaries of the remaining employees , the average ( arithmetic mean ) employee salary was 10 percent more after the decrease in the number of employees than before the decrease . the total of the combined salaries of all the employees at company e after july 1 last year was what percent of that before july 1 last year ?
0general
if q and d are both integers , q > d , and - 3 q > 19 , then the largest value of d would be ?
5other
a small company reduced its faculty by approximately 15 percent to 195 employees . what was the original number of employees ?
2gain
a man is 30 years older than his son . in three years , his age will be twice the age of his son . the present age of his son is :
0general
henry earns $ 120 a week from his job . his income increased and now makes $ 180 a week . what is the percent increase ?
2gain
a train 120 m long crosses a platform 120 m long in 6 sec ; find the speed of the train ?
1physics
an investor can sell her microtron stock for 36 $ per share and her dynaco stock for 48 $ per share , if she sells 300 shares altogether , some of each stock , at an average price per share of 40 $ , how many shares of dynaco stock has she sold ?
0general
working at constant rate , pump x pumped out half of the water in a flooded basement in 3 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
two spherical balls lie on the ground touching . if one of the balls has a radius of 10 cm , and the point of contact is 12 cm above the ground , what is the radius of the other ball ?
1physics
( 753 x 753 + 247 x 247 - 753 x 247 ) / ( 753 x 753 x 753 + 247 x 247 x 247 ) = ?
0general
the area of a square field is 7201 sq m . how long will a lady take to cross the field diagonally at the rate of 1.2 km / hr ?
3geometry
one pipe can fill a tank three times as fast as another pipe . if together the two pipes can fill the tank in 36 minutes , then the slower pipe alone will be able to fill the tank in :
1physics
the tax on a commodity is diminished by 22 % but its consumption is increased by 9 % . find the decrease percent in the revenue derived from it ?
0general
each of the three people individually can complete a certain job in 4 , 6 , and 8 hours , respectively . what is the lowest fraction of the job that can be done in 1 hour by 2 of the people working together at their respective rates ?
1physics
a man can row at 4 kmph in still water . if the velocity of current is 1 kmph and it takes him 1 hour to row to a place and come back , how far is the place ?
1physics
two numbers are respectively 20 % and 25 % more than a third number . the percentage that is first of the second is ?
2gain
if 5 % more is gained by selling an article for rs . 360 than by selling it for rs . 340 , the cost of the article is
2gain
weights of two friends ram and shyam are in the ratio 6 : 5 . if ram ' s weight is increased by 10 % and total weight of ram and shyam become 82.8 kg , with an increases of 15 % . by what percent did the weight of shyam has to be increased ?
2gain
how many of the positive factors of 36 , 84 and how many common factors are there in numbers ?
5other
jaclyn buys $ 20 000 worth of debentures in a company . she earns 9.5 % p . a . simple interest , paid to her quarterly ( that is , every 3 months ) . if the agreed period of the debenture was 18 months : calculate the amount of interest jaclyn will earn for each quarter
2gain
if 5 parallel lines in a plane is intersected by a family of another 8 parallel lines , how many parallelograms are there in the network thus formed ?
1physics
in a group of buffaloes and ducks , the number of legs are 24 more than twice the number of heads . what is the number of buffaloes in the group ?
0general
a man started driving at a constant speed , from the site of a blast , the moment he heard the blast . he heard a second blast after a time of 30 mins and 24 seconds . if the second blast occurred exactly 30 mins after the first , how many meters was he from the site when he heard the second blast ? ( speed of sound = 330 m / s )
1physics
what is the thousandths digit in the decimal equivalent of 57 / 5000 ?
0general
6 / 8 of the population of the country of venezia lives in montague province , while the rest lives in capulet province . in the upcoming election , 80 % of montague residents support romeo , while 70 % of capulet residents support juliet ; each resident of venezia supports exactly one of these two candidates . rounded if necessary to the nearest percent , the probability that a juliet supporter chosen at random resides in capulet is
2gain
45 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
the average weight of 8 person ' s increases by 2.5 kg when a new person comes in place of one of them weighing 65 kg . what is the weight of the new person ?
0general
it takes 60 identical printing machines 4 hours to print 200,000 cards . how long would it take 50 of these machines to print the same total ?
4probability
in a party , there are rows arranged with 1220 and 30 chairs and there were 3 left in all the cases . when there were 11 rows . there were no chair left . if 30 chairs were added . then what will be the reminder ?
0general
for every integer n ≥ 3 , the function g ( n ) is defined as the product of all the odd integers from 1 to n , inclusive . what is the value of g ( 106 ) – g ( 103 ) ?
0general
if x is 11 percent greater than 90 , then x =
0general
the sides of a triangle are in the ratio 5 : 12 : 13 and its perimeter is 240 m , its area is ?
3geometry
total 22 matches are conducted in knockout match type . how many players will be participated in that tournament ?
0general
in an intercollegiate competition that lasted for 3 days , 150 students took part on day 1 , 110 on day 2 and 140 on day 3 . if 75 took part on day 1 and day 2 and 25 took part on day 2 and day 3 and 15 took part on all three days , how many students took part only on day 2 ?
1physics
what is the remainder when you divide 2 ^ 200 + 2 by 7 ?
0general
jim drove 923 miles of a 1200 miles journey . how many more miles does he need to drive to finish his journey ?
1physics
on increasing the price of t . v . sets by 70 % , their sale decreases by 20 % . what is the effect on the revenue receipts of the shop ?
2gain
how many cubes of 10 cm edge can be put in a cubic box of 1 m edge ?
1physics
what is the remainder when you divide 2 ^ 200 + 1 by 7 ?
0general
a train running at the speed of 60 km / hr crosses a pole in 36 seconds . find the length of the train ?
1physics
the area of a parallelogram is 128 sq m and its altitude is twice the corresponding base . then the length of the base is ?
3geometry
the total marks obtained by a student in mathematics and physics is 60 and his score in chemistry is 20 marks more than that in physics . find the average marks scored in mathamatics and chemistry together ?
0general