Official Quant thread for CAT 2013

i had come across this formula somewhere in PG .Can anybody plz tell me what it is for?
(x+1)(y+1)(z+1) -1+xy+yz+xz+3xyz .

hi can somebody explain no of co prime factors....
i.e no of ways a composite number can be resolved in 2 factors....which are co prime to each other....


N = a^m * b^n * c^p

....?

possible pairs of coprimes of

2^3 * 3^3*5^3 ...

plz explain the approach

Set A has m elements, set B has n elements.

where m=3 n=5
find the number of surjective or onto function
a simple approach please

find Remainder for 3^101 when divided by 77.....


Simple one:

How many pairs of integers are there such that twice the sum of the integers is equal to their product?


can some 1, who has given testfunda mocks, tell me whether we can expect such type of length quant ques in CAT13?

i used to attempt 18-21 in QA/DI in AIMCATs but in testfunda my attempts are between 13-16.. of course both with an accuracy of 90-100%

A bridge has to be destroyed. if each bomb is dropped from a plane. probability of hittng the the bridge is 0.9. how many bombs are to be used to destroy the bridge at 0.99 probability if it takes 2 bombs to destroy the bridge. please post the approach.
OA is not available.

find the remainder when 14^15^16 is divided by 5?

Is it 1 or 4 ?? Please clear !

1+1/2+1/3+1/4+......

find the generalized sum of the series

x = ( 7- 3*rt(5) ) / 2

What is rt(x) + 1/rt(x) ?

In how many ways word 'EDUCATION' can be arranged such that vowels and consonants are in alphabetical order ??

Find the coefficient of x^101 in x(1+x)^200 + x^2 * (1+x)^199 + .... + x^200 .

Is the answer 201C101?

Find the number of solutions of

5^x +32^(x-2) = 157

The sides of triangle ABC are a cm, b cm and c cm. The sides of triangle DEF are d cm, e cm and f cm. And a (a + b + c) = d^2 ; b (a + b + c) = e^2 ; c (a + b + c) = f^2; Then triangle DEF is
a) acute angled b) obtuse angled c) right angled d) Isosceles

Directions for the questions 36 to 38: Answer the questions on the basis of the data

given below.

In a school there are 135 students, who play at most 3 sports among cricket, football

and hockey. Such that the number of students playing only cricket is less than the

number students playing only hockey which in turn is less than the number of students

playing only football which in turn is less than then the number of students playing

exactly two sports which is less than the number of students playing exactly three

sports.

What is the maximum number of persons who play exactly two sports?

A ) 64

B ) 65

C ) 66

D ) 67

What is the minimum number of students who play all the three sports?

A ) 4

B ) 5

C ) 28

D ) 29

What is the maximum number of students playing cricket?

A ) 133

B ) 67

C ) 130

D ) 132

hey puys,if anybody has nmat previous years papers with solutions...then pl. send me at samiksha.goyal5@gmail.com

its urgent.......

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Hello people , a small query , can someone explain me the difference between : either A or B ; or A or B ; please explain guys , tnx a lot :)

no of bacteria =400 at 4 pm and 3600 at 6 pm, same day . The no of bacteria grows exponentially.
find no of bacteria at 7pm ?