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is there a number which cn b represented as a power of 2 as well as power of 3..???


In a science competition, participants are required to form teams. Each team is of 6 or 7 students from the same school. n students has been sent each by schools A and B for the competition. The students from School A are divided into 31 teams while the students from School B are divided into 36 teams. Find sum of all possible values of n.

A right circular cylinder closed on both side is to contain a fixed volume of oil.Suppose base has diameter" d " and hight "h".The overall surface area will be minimum at ??

  • h=d/2
  • h=d
  • h=2d
  • h=4pid/3
  • none of these

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The sum of the digits of one hundred 3-digit consecutive natural numbers is 1683. Find the last number in the sequence.

If Friday falls on 13th of any month, it is considered unlucky. For any year X, how many of the following statement(s) is/are true?

(A) There is atleast one Friday that falls on 13th. (B) There are atleast two Fridays that fall on 13th. (C) There are atmost two Fridays that fall on 13th. (D) There are atmost three Fridays that fall on 13th.

pls xplain your answer.

which no. should come in that place ?

  • 7
  • none of these
  • 4

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in what ratio is the line segment joining (-1,3) and(4,-7) divide at point (2,-3) ..? and find whether it is external or internal division?


A basket contains 20 apples and 10 oranges out of which 2 oranges and 5 apples are defective. If a person takes out 2 at random, what is the probability that either both are apples or both are good?
(Do we need to consider the case where fruits drawn can be both apple and good)?

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In an examination every que correctly answered fetches 2 marks and for wrong 1 marks is deducted. Anushk and Preetam took the examination. Anushk attempted certain number of que and 20% of them went wrong. Preetam attempted certain number of que and 10% of them went wrong. Anushk got 33 marks more than pass marks and Preetam got 48 marks more than pass marks. Anushk and Preetam together attempted 100 que.

Que 1. What is the pass mark of the examination??
Que 2. The total pass marks scored by Anushk and Preetam together is how much more or less than the maximum marks of the examination??

the equation of two equal sides AB and AC OF AN ISOSCELES TRIANGLE ABC are x+y=5 and 7x-y=3 .. what would be the equation of the side BC if area of triangle is 5 units

677 has exactly 5 digits when converted into base 'n' from the decimal system. What is the minimum possible value of 'n'?

(a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 6

explain

In a class of 10 students no student got the same rank. If there are 3 girls in the class, what is the probability that the worst rank among the girls is 5


Pls solve this

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In how many ways can a selection be made of 5 letters out of 5As,4Bs,3Cs,2Ds,1E?



0 answers 1) 70



1 answer 2) 71



0 answers 3) 15c5



0 answers 4) 15p5



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71 is OA

A string 30 cm long when wound across a cylinder makes 25.5 rounds. How many rounds would a string of 45 cm long make when wound across a cylinder. The radii of the former and the latter cylinder are in the ratio of 4:3.

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Saif has a machine with dour cogs - one have 242, and the other having 66, 48 and 26 teeth. How many rotations must the largest wheel make before each of the wheels is back in the starting position.

Guize, can I have the working too, please.

Thanks.

Spice airline has a free luggage allowance of f kg. if any passenger carries excess luggage, it is charged at constant rate per kg. total luggage charge paid by two passengers, Mohan and Sohan is 1050. if both of them had twice the luggage they would have paid 2400 and 900. Find mohan's luggage charge????

Raj played three rounds of game of chance. In each round he doubled the amount with himself and then gave a certain amount to his friend. The amount he gave to his friend in each round was a quarter of his gain in the first round. If he had instead given to his friend in each round, an amount equal to half of his gain in the first round, he would have finally remained with rs 70 loss then he actually did. find the amount he started with???