Three friends, returning from a movie, stopped to eat at a restaurant. After dinner, they paid their bill and noticed a bowl of mints at the front counter. Sita took one-third of the mints, but returned four because she had a momentary pang of guilt. Fatima then took one-fourth of what was left but returned three for similar reason. Eswari then took half of the remainder but threw two back into the bowl. The bowl had only 17 mints left when the raid was over. How many mints were originally in the bowl?
At a certain fast food restaurant, Brian can buy 3 burgers, 7 shakes, and one order of fries for Rs. 120 exactly. At the same place it would cost Rs. 164.50 for 4 burgers, 10 shakes, and one order of fries. How much would it cost for an ordinary meal of one burger, one shake, and one order of fries?
A change-making machine contains one-rupee, two-rupee and five-rupee coins. The total number of coins is 300. The amount is Rs. 960. If the numbers of one-rupee coins and two-rupee coins are interchanged, the value comes down by Rs. 40. The total number of five-rupee coins is
A man 6 feet tall standing 50 feet away from the base of a tower observes that the angle subtended by the tower at his eye level is tan-1 2. A flagstaff atop the tower subtends an angle of tan-1 0.1 at the same point. The height (in feet) of the flagstaff is closest to: A) 18 B) 20 C) 22 D) 25 (Note: use approximations)
Hi! Does anyone have the answer to this one? Also please explain the answer if possible.. 😞 I stillcant wrap my head around why distance covered by only 1man was taken as 3d1.
Two men left simultaneously from two places P and Q. One of them left P for Q and the other Q for P. Both travelled with his own uniform velocity. Having arrived at their destinations, they turned back to their starting points without stopping. First time they met on their onward journey d1 Km from P and the second time ,on their return journey, they met d2 Km from Q.If d is the distance between P and Q ,then find d in terms of d1 and d2.
There are five rooms in my house in patna - a hall , kitchen, study room ,bedroom,and dinning room.There is one light in each room . The following Cleaver arrangements are planned in the house:
1. whenever kitchen light is 'on' , study room is 'off'.
2. whenever dinning room light is 'on' , kitchen light is also 'on'.
3. whenever
study room is 'on'
, hall light has to be 'on'
Q- how many lights , at the most , can be 'on' Simultaneously.
All of the citizens of a
certain country have a five-character or
six-character national identification code that is created using
the 26 letters of the alphabet and the 10 digits from 0 to 9.
Which of the following gives the maximum number of citizens
who can be designated with these codes?
(A) 2(36^6)
(B) 36(36^5)
(C) 37(36^5)
(D) 36(36^6)
(E) 37(36^6)