[Official] Quant Thread for 2015!

a sum of money placed at compound interest doubles itself in 3 years.in how many years will it amount to 8 times itself ???

a>6 years

b>7 years

c>8 years

d>9 years

An urn contains 5 white and 7 black balls. A second urn contains 7 white and 8 black balls. A ball is drawn from the first urn and put into the second urn without noting its colour. Now, if a ball is drawn from the second urn, the probability that it is white isa   49/96b  89/192c  77/192d  61/192


Two cars P and Q are moving at uniform speeds, 50 km/hr and 25 km/hr respectively, on two straight roads intersecting at right angle to each other. P passes the intersecting point of the roads when Q has still to travel 50 km to reach it. What is the shortest distance between the cars during the journey?

a   20√5 kmb  50 kmc  25 kmd  25√2 km

Can anyone help me understand how √3r is OA? Isn't the full diagonal taken as √3 n not just OA ?

How many numbers are there in between 1000 and 10,000 which when divided by 4, 5, 6 and 7 give remainder 1, 3, 3 and 5 respectively?

  Q.33 
'a' and 'b' are coprime such that a


Q.34 
In Badlapur, it was found that 90% of the people drink coffee and 80% drink tea. Also, 70% of people drink whiskey and 60% drink vodka. No person drinks all four beverages, and they all drink exactly three of the four beverages. What percent of the people drink liquor? [Both Vodka and Whiskey are liquors.]a   70%b  80%c  90%d  100%

In how many ways can one select three digits out of (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9) such that no two of them are consecutive?

Explain pls.

If the equations x2−Ax−B=1 and x2−Bx+A−2B=10 have a common integral root and the values of A and B are integers, then how many value can A-B take if A>B?

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If the equation 2x^50+a49x^49+a48x^48+....a1x+a0=0 has all the roots which are consecutive numbers from 1 to 50, then find the value of a49.

What is the maximun possible area of a rectangle inside a semi-circle of radius 20cm ?

How many solutions of the following equation -

3a + 5b + 7c + 15d = 85

a,b,c,d have to be positive integers.

Please give the approach and explanation.

If x² + y² - 6x + 4y = 4, find the maximum value of 3x + 4y.

I might need a change in test center due to bad weather. Is it likely to happen now??..It has been raining very heavily and if this keeps up, I might not be able to travel. I am in Chennai and I have been allotted a center in Puducherry..

In shuffling a pack of cards three are accidentally dropped. The probability that the missing cards are of different suits is?

  • 169/425
  • 165/429
  • 162/459
  • None

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Probability that sum of the number appearing in 2 throws of a die ll add up to an odd composite no ??

The no. of solutions for the equation a^2+b^2 - 8c = 6, a,b,c are positive integers.

an AC manufacturer offers discount as per the following rule: For the Second service ina year, the customer can avail 10% discount, for the third and fourth servicing within a year, the customer can avail of 11% and 12% discounts respectively of the previous amount paid. Finally, if a customer gets more than 4 services within a year, he has to pay just 55% of the original servicing charges. If Rohan has availed 5 services from the same service centre in a given year, the total percentage discount availed by him is approximatley:

  • 24.08
  • 22.33
  • 20.88
  • 16.52

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Ratio of the areas of circles circumscribing and inscribing a regular hexagon ??