Official Quant thread for CAT 2013

@htomar said:
N is the sum of the squares of three consecutive odd numbers such that all the digits of N are the same. If N is a four-digit number, then the value of N isA. 3333B. 5555C. 7777D. 9999
41^2+43^2+45^2=5555
@htomar said:
N is the sum of the squares of three consecutive odd numbers such that all the digits of N are the same. If N is a four-digit number, then the value of N isA. 3333B. 5555C. 7777D. 9999
5555?
@htomar said:
N is the sum of the squares of three consecutive odd numbers such that all the digits of N are the same. If N is a four-digit number, then the value of N isA. 3333B. 5555C. 7777D. 9999
3n^2 + 8 is the no.,nt divisible by 3 --> 2 options ruled out
ans.-8 is divisible by 3 --> 5555
@chillfactor said:
20 ??

Let N = 2^15 * 3^12 . How many factors of N^2 are less than N but do not divide N completely?


A. 387
B. 180
C. 208
D. 310
@htomar said:
Let N = 2^15 * 3^12 . How many factors of N^2 are less than N but do not divide N completely?A. 387B. 180C. 208D. 310
c.208 ??
@htomar said:
Let N = 2^15 * 3^12 . How many factors of N^2 are less than N but do not divide N completely?A. 387B. 180C. 208D. 310
180 ??
@chillfactor said:
without any diagonal5C3=10
1 upward 2 rightward 1 diagonal
4!/2!=3 ways
1 rightward 2 diagonal
2 ways
Total->15
@kingsleyx said:
180 ??
Post the Approach 😃
@htomar said:
Let N = 2^15 * 3^12 . How many factors of N^2 are less than N but do not divide N completely?A. 387B. 180C. 208D. 310
no. of factors for N= 208
no. of factors for N^2= 775
No. of factors of N^2 which are less than or equal to N = 388
less than N but do not divide N completely = 388-208 =180

@kingsleyx said:
no. of factors for N= 208no. of factors for N^2= 775No. of factors of N^2 which are less than or equal to N = 388less than N but do not divide N completely = 388-208 =180
how did u find
no.of factors of n^2 less than or equal to n ?
@kingsleyx said:
no. of factors for N= 208no. of factors for N^2= 775No. of factors of N^2 which are less than or equal to N = 388less than N but do not divide N completely = 388-208 =180
388 kaise aaya bhai..plz explain??
@rubikmath said:
how did u find no.of factors of n^2 less than or equal to n ?
@mailtoankit said:
388 kaise aaya bhai..plz explain??
Half of the factors of N^2 will lie below N and half above N...

Total factors 775 .. No of factors which are less than or equal to N = 774/2 + 1 = 388
@chillfactor said:

I was looking at the answers of other people to the question posted by @chillfactor and I noticed that most people seem to have done it by listing out the paths - my method was quite different.

When I do such problems by listing I usually end up missing out on a few, so for those klutzes like me who can't count :o) I'm attaching the logic I use...it can be very quick and reliable with practice, for most such "paths from X to Y" type of problems.

regards
scrabbler

@scrabbler said:
I was looking at the answers of other people to the question posted by @chillfactor and I noticed that most people seem to have done it by listing out the paths - my method was quite different.When I do such problems by listing I usually end up missing out on a few, so for those klutzes like me who can't count ) I'm attaching the logic I use...it can be very quick and reliable with practice, for most such "paths from X to Y" type of problems. regardsscrabbler
ur methods are always different! Wiggle../__\
PS: sorry for spamming
@scrabbler
@scrabbler
used the same method . but y are u counting backwards from B ?

2- [ rt(640522209)/rt(3600840049)]?
0.6663039
0.666029
0.666009
none of the above


@scrabbler ,@rubikmath
@ayushnasa : pencil chor, yeh solve kar :P

@sonamaries7 said:
2- [ rt(640522209)/rt(3600840049)]? 0.66630390.6660290.666009none of the above @scrabbler ,@rubikmath@ayushnasa : pencil chor, yeh solve kar
none of the above...abhi time nahi hai...http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=2-+%5B+sqrt%28640522209%29%2Fsqrt%283600840049%29%5D
@sonamaries7 said:
2- [ rt(640522209)/rt(3600840049)]? 0.66630390.6660290.666009none of the above @scrabbler ,@rubikmath@ayushnasa : pencil chor, yeh solve kar
none ??
@sonamaries7 said:
2- [ rt(640522209)/rt(3600840049)]? 0.66630390.6660290.666009none of the above @scrabbler ,@rubikmath@ayushnasa : pencil chor, yeh solve kar
Waise karna pada to it is approx equal to
2-[rt(64)/rt(360)]
=2-[8/(6*rt(10)]
ie it greater than 1