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[maverick_srikan]

The painting was finished with bold brush strokes (confident/firm)

In which sentence does bold have the same meaning ?

1.kevin was a bold little boy and upset many adults. - Brazen

2.Her final school report had all the poor results in the bold print. - Prominently visible

3.using bold colours and flashy materials her sports wear become very trendy. - Something that is not very common.

4.when playing monopoly a bold move might be to buy hotels as quickly as possible. - courageous/firm


The answer should be four. The words after the sentence refer to what the word means in that context.

Srikanth

[naga25french]

Originally Posted by vinz007

there's a IMS b-school tour going on ..the Chennai leg's on 11th Oct .. does anyone know the exact venue ..

the venue is

Hotel Ambassador , 30 Monteith Road , Egmore...

timings : 10 am to 6 pm...

for more info , visit IMS : B-School Tour

[nishant_rungta]

Team

A few doubts in the AImcat 05

1. What is the sum of the series 1/5*8 + 1/8*11 + 1/11*14 + .... + 1/242*245 ?

Can someone explain in a better way!! I din understand a bit from the solution but for the fact that there are 2 APs here!! What next??

2. If a*b*c is not equal to 0 and 2a^2 + 17b^2 + 8c^2 - 6ab - 20bc =0, then whats the value of a+b-c/a+b+c?

[exile]

Originally Posted by nishant_rungta

Team

A few doubts in the AImcat 05

1. What is the sum of the series 1/5*8 + 1/8*11 + 1/11*14 + .... + 1/242*245 ?

Can someone explain in a better way!! I din understand a bit from the solution but for the fact that there are 2 APs here!! What next??

I solved it like this..

1/5*8 = 1/3(1/5 - 1/
1/8*11 = 1/3(1/8-1/11)

and so on...

now the series can be written as 1/3(1/5 - 1/8 + 1/8 - 1/11 +.....1/245)
= 1/3 ( 1/5 - 1/245)

Solve this to get the ans.
Hope I'm clear.

[rsriram84]

Originally Posted by nishant_rungta

Team

A few doubts in the AImcat 05

1. What is the sum of the series 1/5*8 + 1/8*11 + 1/11*14 + .... + 1/242*245 ?

More often than not, i try to look for a pattern in such questions by breaking the entire term into small parts..

Here, i added the first two terms first.. 1/(5* + 1/ (8*11)
on solving, i got 2/(5*11)

Then, i added the first three terms .. 1/(5* + 1/ (8*11) + 1/(11*14)
On solving i got, 3/(5*14)

So, i observed that the numerator was the no. of terms i added and the denominator was the product of n1 and n2

n1= first no. in the denominator of the first term
n2= second no. in the denominator of the last term in the series.

So, in the given question, it would translate into n/( 5*245)

I found out the no. of terms in the series-

245=8+(n-1)3 (since common diff is 3)

n=80

so, answer should be 80/(5*245) = 16/245

is the answer right??? i remember solving it this way at my place after the mock..

[vivekkahn]

Originally Posted by rsriram84

More often than not, i try to look for a pattern in such questions by breaking the entire term into small parts..

Here, i added the first two terms first.. 1/(5* + 1/ (8*11)
on solving, i got 2/(5*11)

Then, i added the first three terms .. 1/(5* + 1/ (8*11) + 1/(11*14)
On solving i got, 3/(5*14)

So, i observed that the numerator was the no. of terms i added and the denominator was the product of n1 and n2

n1= first no. in the denominator of the first term
n2= second no. in the denominator of the last term in the series.

So, in the given question, it would translate into n/( 5*245)

I found out the no. of terms in the series-

245=8+(n-1)3 (since common diff is 3)

n=80

so, answer should be 80/(5*245) = 16/245

is the answer right??? i remember solving it this way at my place after the mock..

Answer is correct...
my approach is simailar to d one given by exile.

Anybody got good insights abt rungta's other doubt....i believe the soln given by time is brialliancy...no way tats ever gonna strike me on C-Day...any diff methods puys??

[nishant_rungta]

Originally Posted by exile

I solved it like this..

1/5*8 = 1/3(1/5 - 1/
1/8*11 = 1/3(1/8-1/11)

and so on...

now the series can be written as 1/3(1/5 - 1/8 + 1/8 - 1/11 +.....1/245)
= 1/3 ( 1/5 - 1/245)

Solve this to get the ans.
Hope I'm clear.

Originally Posted by vivekkahn

Answer is correct...
my approach is simailar to d one given by exile.

Anybody got good insights abt rungta's other doubt....i believe the soln given by time is brialliancy...no way tats ever gonna strike me on C-Day...any diff methods puys??

Good solution by Exile and sriram!!

@Exile and Vivek!! This one's a great approach!

But how did u guys deduce that we need to take 1/3 outside and then proceed? How does all this strike u guys man??

[vivekkahn]

Originally Posted by nishant_rungta

Good solution by Exile and sriram!!

@Exile and Vivek!! This one's a great approach!

But how did u guys deduce that we need to take 1/3 outside and then proceed? How does all this strike u guys man??

3 = 8-5 = 11-8...
this means to split 1/ab as 1/a, 1/b we need to do 8-5, 11-8,....
ie we need 3 in numerator, so divide by 3...

[ramaan]

Originally Posted by nishant_rungta

Team

A few doubts in the AImcat 05

1. What is the sum of the series 1/5*8 + 1/8*11 + 1/11*14 + .... + 1/242*245 ?

Can someone explain in a better way!! I din understand a bit from the solution but for the fact that there are 2 APs here!! What next??

2. If a*b*c is not equal to 0 and 2a^2 + 17b^2 + 8c^2 - 6ab - 20bc =0, then whats the value of a+b-c/a+b+c?

i did the first sum similar to what exile said...

for the second problem i tried to put different values for a.b,c..but it didn't work out...have to do similar to what explained in key..but it is difficult for us to strike at that time..can any one have other solution than time key for this..

can ony one help me the answer for an 5 and 6..several runners problem..i know this concept but didn't get the answer in the exam hall..i want to know different approach ...

and another problem no 13..number of players sitting around a circular table..i didn't understand the qn itself...if he received the card no 15..then the next time he will receive the card with the multiples of 15 only..then how he receives the card num 87..?

And i think remaining problems are all okay..

[nishant_rungta]

I could not understand that playing card sum either!! Pretty bad one there!!

Same problem with the Income Tax Slab DI Set... Left it untouched during the analysis too!! What a weird explanation there man!!

I do not agree to most of the verbal keys either!! What dirty explanation there for FIJs and para completions by Time!! I HATE THIS

PS: Anyways 0905 results are out:

QA - 91.38 %ile
DI - 97.8%ile
VA - 69.78 %ile

OA - 107 96.01%ile

PPS: http://www.time4education.com/chatapp/chaton081008.asp Theres a chat on Time forum regarding handling of QA section at 4-5 PM. Guys interested can log in and get benefited.