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The sum of 20 distinct numbers is 801. What is their minimum LCM possible?....OA is 360....share your approach... @Akrosh007 @Dazed-Confused sir @busar005 .😠

Which of the following is a perfect square???

A) 35! x 36!

B) 37! x 38!

c) 34! x 37!

d) 36! x 37!

In an exam, there are 20 questions. For each correct answer, +5 marks are awarded. For each wrong one +1 and for un-attempted +0 marks are awared to a student. How many different scores are possible in the exam?


A. 91 B. 95 C. 97 D. 101


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One third of a salt solution is mixed with one fourth of another salt solution so that resultant solution has 50% salt concentration. What would have been the concentration of resultant mixture if both the salt solutions are mixed completely?


A. 30% B. 40% C. 60% D. 75%

'n' is the smallest number such that n/2 is perfect square and n/3 is perfect cube .then no :of divisors of n ?

n has exactly 6 positive divisors and 200

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CAT paper has exactly 60 questions. For each correct question, a student is awarded 4 marks and for each wrong answer, there is a penalty of 1 mark. Then what is the minimum number of students required to write the paper in such a way that there is at least two students with exactly same score?

Approach please

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If x is greater than or equal to 0, find the minimum value of ((6+x)(18+x))/(x+2).

There is a alloy in which a,b,c three weights are present .Ratio a:b:c is 5:6:7.
In what ratio a to b should be increased to make new ratios as 7:6:5 ?😠😠

Is time ka website down?


What is the remainder when 1!+2!+3!+…+100! is divided by 720?


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option A

P denotes the sum of two three-digit numbers such that P is 606. How many of the 10 digits from 0 to 9 cannot appear as the last digit of the product of these two three-digit numbers?

a. 4

b. 3

c. 5

d. 2

e. None of these

suggestion needed !!!
i m finding it difficult to increase my score in Quant n DI...what should i do to see a gradual improvement in d score in this section..would sectional tests be a good way to improve in it ??

3+5+6=151872

5+5+6=253094

5+6+7=303585

5+5+3=251573

9+4+7=.............

In how many ways can four identical yellow balls and two identical red balls be arranged on the circumference of a circle?


Answer is 3 . Can anybody please solve this by using P&C; ?

What's the probability of getting 3 heads and 7 tails when one flips a fair coin 10 times?




1 guy have some amount of money. he go to the temple and asked a blessing to double his rs.

god fulfilled it so he offer 20 rs to god
then he goes to another temple and demand for same blessing, god fulfilled again and he offered 20 bucks to god..
then he goes to 3rd temple and demand for same blessing and god fulfilled so again he offered 20...now he is left with no money in his pocket.
what was the amount he initially had....??

solve pls

Is anyone here , like me, unable to log on to TIME CAT homepage?