Two lumps of gold and silver together weigh 20 kg. One lump contains 75% gold and 31.25 gm silver per kg. Another lump contains 85% gold and 30 gm silver per kg. The total quantity of silver in two lumps is 617.5 gm. If two lumps are melted to form one, then the percentage of gold in it will be
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A company 'XYZ' engages three small companies P,Q and R to manufacture 100 cricket bats per day. Every person in companies P,Q and R can manufacture 2, 3 and 8 cricket bats per day respectively. Companies P, Q and R charge Rs. 20, Rs. 25 and Rs. 15 respectively for every bat manufactured by them. The number of persons involved in manufacturing bats for company 'XYZ' from company P is not greater than the total number of persons involved in manufacturing bats from companies Q and R. At least one person from each of the companies P, Q and R is involved in making bats.Find the difference between the number of persons involved from company Q and R in manufacturing bats for company 'XYZ' such that the expenditure incurred by the company XYZ is minimum in manufacturing 100 bats
There are two alloys Brass and Bronze. Brass is made using only Copper and Zinc in a certain ratio. Bronze contains 70% Copper, 14% Zinc and 16% Tin. These two alloys are mixed in the ratio x:y. The resultant mixture contains Copper, Zinc and Tin in the ratio 75:17:10. What percentage of Brass is Zinc?
Had written this article on CAT D-day strategies for PG. Contains a reference to 'math junkies', which is what I think most of the guys on this thread are :-), so it might be interesting to give it a read.
A, B and C working together completed a job in 10 days. However, C only worked for the first three days when 37/100 of the job was done. Also, the work done by A in 5 days is equal to the work done by B in 4 days. How many days would be required by the fastest worker to complete the entire work?
A and B start running in opposite directions in a circular track. They meet after 12 minutes fr the first time. The distance between them is quarter of the length of the track exactly after t minutes from start. t cannot be: