Official Quant thread for CAT 2013

A class of 78 students attended a test which consisted of two parts. 16 students failed in the 1st part, while 20 students failed in the 2nd. the number of students clearing at least one part is?

@sagarcat how to use formula in these question...a=I+b/2-1

Three friends A, B, C live at 5th, 17th and 39th milestones respectively and also their walking speeds is in the ratio 1 : 2 : n in order.

They start walking simultaneously to meet at a certain point. Find the least value of n so that no friend needs to wait for others.


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Find the largest value of y/x if x² + y² - 2x + 4y - 19 = 0.

Five non-overlapping unit circles are circumscribed by another larger circle. Find the least radius of the larger circle.

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What is the value of (Log2 3)(Log3 4)(Log4 5)…………(Log127 128)?
1/7
7
5/2
2

PLEASE post answers with the approach

Can anybody give the link ... which contains explanation about various figure of maximum area than can be inserted in a other figure .
Or If anybody has any material on same Kindly share.
Thanks in advance

guys i attempted 10 questions and 8 sure correct in QA and 19 in VA 14 correct .. my cat ws on 28th october where there ws also a question error . pls can sme1 tel me my approx percentile ?

What is the probabilty that exactly two people among seven people in a room have birthdays on d same day of a week ??

Ram has to weigh 6 distinct packets.He weighs them 4 at a time,weighing all the possible combinations of the packets from the six.The average weight of all the weighing combinations is found to be 500 gm. What is the combined weight of all the six packets?



easy one 😃

Guyz I forget the concept how to solve for+ve integral and non negative integral solution for x1+x2+x3+x4=20 if condition is there x1>x2, @sagarcat

In how many ways u can write 19 as a sum of 5 odd numbers?

I am looking for a way to find unordered pairs - in case of ordered pairs OA is - 330
@sagarcat @Dazed-Confused

A shopkeeper normally makes a profit of 20%.in a certain transaction,he weighed 900 gm instead of 1 kg without his knowledge due to an error in the weighing scale.if he charges 20% less than what he normally charges,what is his actual profit or loss percentage?

@Dazed-Confused @sagarcat

coefficient of x^4 in (x-2)^7 ?

How many integral solutions exist for |||x-5|-20|-40|

how to solve this ques?

how to find the no. of surjective functions from a set m to set n containing 5 and 3 elements respectively

have my cat tomorrow.......dont know what to do today.should i solve a paper ? but my freidns told me its a very bad idea!

The weight of an empty bucket is 25% of the weight of the bucket when filled with some liquid. Some of the liquid has been removed. Then, the bucket, along with the remaining liquid, weighed three-fifth of the original weight. What fractional part of the liquid has been removed?


soln??

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in my college 65% is termed as 1st class. i got 63% i.e, 2nd class. my doubt is that some mba college says 1st class or 60%. it create confusions during application process. am i eligible to apply to those colleges. especially for iits!!!