Official Quant thread for CAT 2013

@sauravd2001
may b 5.32 min
@pratyush9811 which question
@pratyush9811 said:
A man goes out between 5 to 6 P.M. , when he comes back between 6 to 7 P.M. he observes that 2 hands of the clock interchanged their position, the time when he went out was??
5:4620/143 ?
@rubikmath
@maddy2807 is correct..

in clock questions option makes life easy

@sauravd2001 equdistant wale question ka..

sum of first n natural numbers whose sum contain three digits n all 3 digits are same...find the number n

@pratyush9811 bhai itna dimag ni chalta apun ka........sirf option dekhe aise question mein situation fit kari aur nikala answere
Eight tennis players (call them A,B,C,D,E,G,F,H) are randomly assigned to start positions in a ladder tournament. Initially, position 1 plays position 2, position 3 plays 4, 5 plays 6 and 7 plays 8. Second round has 2 matches: winner of (1,2) match plays winner of (3,4), and winner (5,6) plays winner(7,8). The winners of the two 2nd round matches play each other in the final match. Player A wins against any of the others. Player B always beats any opponent except player A. What is the probability that player B wins the 2nd place trophy in the final match?
@sauravd2001 36?
@sauravd2001 aur agar options close hue to??
@pratyush9811 next question :P
@sauravd2001 36 ?
@rubikmath apne wale ke option dena
@sauravd2001 said:
@rubikmath apne wale ke option dena
dnt hav it .
@rubikmath 11/19??
@pratyush9811 said:
@rubikmath 11/19??
i dont think so .. well ,anyway i dont hav the OA .
my approach : take two sets (1,2,3,4) (5,6,7,8)
two cases --> A and B in same set ; A and B in different set
fav.case --> A and B in diff.set so that they wud end up meeting in the finals .
so prob.--> 1/2
@rubikmath even i thought that it woulf be 1/2 only.. but then I took the probability of A&b; being in set(1,2,3,4) and then deducting it by 1 :)
@rubikmath bhai dekh
8^8 tarike se arrange kar sakta hain theek hai .
ab salla bahar na ho final tak uske liye do set hone chahie jismein ek mein a ho aur dusre mein b inka kuch karna padega tooh pata
2*7^8/8^8 kuch ??
answere hai tere pas?
@sauravd2001 said:
@rubikmath bhai dekh 8^8 tarike se arrange kar sakta hain theek hai .ab salla bahar na ho final tak uske liye do set hone chahie jismein ek mein a ho aur dusre mein b inka kuch karna padega tooh pata 2*7^8/8^8 kuch ??answere hai tere pas?
why wud v be concerned with arrangement of others ?? A is gonna win anyway .
only condition is B shudnt meet him til the finals
OA is 4/7
i think after A 's position is fixed , find B 's favourable position .