[Official] Quant Thread for 2015!

posting again : 

in tr. ABC, A=100, AB=AC. AB is extended to pOint D such that BC=AD. FIND ANGLE BCD.

Every prime number 'n'  has n-1 relatively prime number smaller than n..  Shouldn't it be n-2 considering 1 will not be a relatively prime number to n...  Source :Simcat 102 questions 13

Hw many no between 100 to 400 are divisible by 2,3,5,7

Any shortcut method??

An engine pulls several railway coaches. The unloaded engine runs at 60 mph. the reduction in its speed is directly proportional to square root of the number of coaches pulled. When 16 coaches are attached the speed drops to 44mph

 a) What will be the speed when 36 coaches are attached?

 b) What will be the max no. of coaches which could be pulled such that thespeed doesnot drop below 30mph.

Explain

n is a number such that 2n has 28 factors and 3n has 30 factors. 6n has ? 

a 35 

b 32 

c 28 

d None of d

(√x) (√y) = √xy.

When is this true?

This doubt is due to my previous knowledge of complex numbers, using which I come up with solution (5).

But, the answer mentioned at the end of Arun Sharma is (1).

This has no relation to CAT or other MBA exams. I'm just inquisitive.

Please help, if any of you know this.

  • x > 0 & y > 0
  • x > 0 & y < 0
  • x < 0 & y > 0
  • All of the above

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3000rs is distributed amobg A, B, C such that A gets 2/3rd of B+C and C gets 1/2 of A+B. Find C's share.

A.750 B.1000 C.800 D.1200

a+b+c=18 (all possitive value)

minimum value of these

(a+5)(b+2)(c+3)=?

(a-3)(b+5)(c-2)=?

(a-2)(b-3)(c-2)=?

[Multiple-choice Question - Select One or More Answer Choices]

In triangle ABC, CA = 4, and CB = 6. Which of the following could be the area of triangle ABC?

(A) 7

(B) 8

(C) 9

(D) 12

(E) 15

Please post the procedure as well! Thanks 😃


A is x% more than B and is x% of sum of A and B. What is the value of x?

  • 75%
  • 37%
  • 50%
  • 62%

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The University of Maryland, University of Vermont, and Emory University have each 4 soccer players. If a team of 9 is to be formed with an equal number of players from each university, how many possible teams are there?

(A) 3

(B) 4

(C) 12

(D) 16

(E) 64

Please post the procedure as well! Thanks 😃

An article sold at 25% profit. It's cp and sp increased by ₹20 & ₹4. The profit decreased by 15%. Find cp.

Maximum value of ab(72-3a-4b) for a,b>0...

Need the approach ?

OA 1152

Three friends, Raghu, Amit and Ninad are cycling around a circular track of length 1.2 km at different speeds. They start from the same place at the same time and Raghu and Amit reverse their directions every time they meet. Raghu meets Amit and Ninad for the first time after 40 seconds and 56 seconds respectively while Amit and Ninad meet for the first time after 30 seconds. What is the ratio of speeds of Raghu, Ninad and Amit?

OA  2:3:1

Two medians drawn from acute angles of a right angled triangle intersect at an angle 30 degrees. If the length of the hypotenuse of the triangle is 3 units, then the area of the triangle (in sq. units) is:       a. sqrt (3), b. 3, c. sqrt (2), d. 9

Please provide explanations as well with your answer

An organization has 14 employees belonging to three different sections A,B, and C. The monthly income of the sections A,B, and C are respectively 11000, 6000 and 2000. If the total salaries paid to the employees of all the sections is rs 84000, then what is the number of employees in the section A? 

i want to know that is there any short cut or tricks to solve the following types of ques. , because some time it may involve checking large set of value for these types of ques.

105x + 18y =2988

A person A  travels at his usual speed of 5km/hr along a railway track and meets a train everyday coming in the opposite direction at a speed of 60kmphOne day he started late from his home while the train had started on time and overshot the usual meeting point by 5KM. How late was A?

(T.I.M.E question)

Plz explain me the answer for this question..

Nirvaan has a certain number of chocolates with him. He would be left with 7 chocolates, if he distributes them equally among 11 students. If there were 2 more students, he would be left with 5 more chocolates. If Nirvaan has less than 500 chocolates, which of the following cannot be the number of chocolates left with him, if he were to distribute the chocolates among 15 students?


a) 0

b) 6

c) 12

d) 14

Pls explain the answer for this qn..

In a survey, it was found that 3/4th of the town owns color TV, 85% of the people own refrigerator and every 4 in 5 in the town own music system. What is the minimum percentage of people who have all the three?