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At the Had Matter's coffee party, he has 11 different types of cups, and 6 different types of ground coffee beans. The Had Matter insists that no two people who attend his party can be drinking from the same type of cup with the same type of ground coffee beans. What is the most number of people that can be at this party?

Arrange the whole numbers 1 through 15 in a row so that the sum of any two adjacent numbers is a perfect square. In how many ways this can be done?

Shyam went from Delhi to Simla via Chandigarh by car. The distance from Delhi to Chandigarh is 3/4 times the distance from Chandigarh to Simla. The average speed from Delhi to Chandigarh was half as much again as that from Chandigarh to Simla. If the average speed for the entire journey was 49 kmph, what was the average speed from Chandigarh to Simla?





  • d. None of these
  • c. 42 kmph
  • b. 63 kmph
  • a. 39.2 kmph

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@rmaheshwari33
Diagram will look like:-

find the no of ways of selecting 4 letters from the word EXAMINATION

my answer is 70 ....

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In a triangle, the longest side has length 20 units and another of its sides has length 10 units. Its area is 80 square units. What is the exact length of its third side?

how many words can be formed by using 4 letters at a time out of the letters of the word MATHEMATICS?


@Gsathe89

Shyam went from Delhi to Simla via Chandigarh by car. The distance from Delhi to Chandigarh is 3/4 times the distance from Chandigarh to Simla. The average speed from Delhi to Chandigarh was half as much again as that from Chandigarh to Simla. If the average speed for the entire journey was 49 kmph, what was the average speed from Chandigarh to Simla?



0 answers 1. a. 39.2 kmph



0 answers 2. b. 63 kmph



2 answers 3. c. 42 kmph



4 answers 4. d. None of these



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A dishonest dealer claims to sell a product at its cost price. He uses a counterfeit weight which is 20% less than the real weight. Further greed overtook him and he added 20% impurities to the product. Find the net profit percentage of the dealer?

I have a doubt in the following question asked in CAT 2004.

If one can explain with the correct methodolgy, it would be of great help.

Q. Let f(x)= ax^2 - b|x| , where a and b are constants. THen at x=0, f(x) is:

a)maximised whenever a>0, b>0

b)maximised whenever a>0, b

c)minimised whenever a>0, b>0

d)minimised whenever a>0, b

Kindly explain how to draw the graph for such a type of equation, as it would be helpful in the solution.

Thanks,

Thank You

What is the remainder when 1!^3 + 2!^3 + 3!^3 +4!^3........+600!^3 is divided by 36?



how to go about this question?

N=7!^3 . How many factors are multiple of 10 ??

How many divisor of N=420 will be of the form of 4n+1 where n is a whole NO. ?????????

please solve question 40

How many Zeroes will be there at the end of 18! + 19! ????

How many integers N in the set of integers (1,2,3,4,-------------,99,100) are there such that N^2 + N^3 is a perfect square ????

Aryabhatta had a triangle in his mind, its longest side has a length of 10 and one of its sides has a length of 5. What is the exact length of its third side, if the area of the triangle is 20?

sqrt 60
sqrt 65
sqrt 260
sqrt 275


A salesman started his day with 11 identical watches. During the first hour of the day, he visited exactly four people and sold at least one watch. In how many ways could he have sold the watches during the first hour of the day?

714

1365

1364

3002

How many 3-digit numbers xyz with x less than y and y greater than z, are there ?
(some problem here while putting less than and greater than signs..:-o)
(ans with explanation please)