Official Quant thread for CAT 2013

@vbhvgupta said:
for the 2nd attachment question also, i believe both the statements are needed to answer the question......
@vbhvgupta said:
Pencil, pen eraser one:
(statement 1)*2-(statement 2)= 1 pen + 1 pencil + 1 eraser =10rs.

So, both together together can give the answer :)

P.S.: Bro if possible, give a number to the question. Otherwise it won't be possible to recognize which one is answered.
@vijay_chandola said:
P.S.: Bro if possible, give a number to the question. Otherwise it won't be possible to recognize which one is answered.
ok Bro.....wll do it from next time....
@vbhvgupta said:
Can u explain?
let A be the area of X and B be the area of Y
GIVEN-shaded area of X=0.25A
and shaded area of Y=0.4B
STATEMENT 1
0.25A=0.75*0.4B..........only one eqn two unknowns........no conclusion
STATEMENT 2
B=10
shaded area of B=0.4*10=4
no conclusion about A's surface area
COMBINATION of TWO STATEMENTS
shaded area of A=0.75*0.4*10=3.......hence conclusion is possible by combining

Q5

@vbhvgupta said:
Solve this
i donno whether this is answered or not.....my take: both the statements are necessary to answer this question....is it correct....?
@floamiya said:
Find The Mines : There are how many mines in the figure and at which place.Digits are indicating the number of mines in adjacent squaresM B A - Maths By Amiyawww.facebook.com/MathsByAmiya
11 mines are present in the figure..
E, G, I, K, L, M, P are not mines.. right ??
@vbhvgupta said:
Q5
Can be answered by either of the statements.

[1] probability =1
[2] probability = C(2b, 1)/C(3b, 1)=2/3
@vijay_chandola Delete the multiple posts :nono: .. 😃
@vbhvgupta said:
Q5
i think, can't be answered using alone, both.. as other colors of balls are not mentioned..
1) no info of other color balls..
2) if there are red and green color balls also, then prob will be 10/20,
if there is only red color balls, then prob will be 10/15, etc..
@vbhvgupta said:
Q5
Statement II is enough

Statement I : No information on other colored balls Or rather total balls
Statement II: Ratio is given, so probability can be found.
@rahulnema said:
i think, can't be answered using alone, both.. as other colors of balls are not mentioned.. 1) no info of other color balls..2) if there are red and green color balls also, then prob will be 10/20, if there is only red color balls, then prob will be 10/15, etc..
See in the 2nd case, Red + Green = Balls which are not blue = 2*Blue
OR Red = balls which are not blue = 2*blue ... so it doesn't matters I think, ratio remains the same..
@YouMadFellow said:
@vijay_chandola Delete the multiple posts ..
kahan hai :neutral: I don't see any

Determine the first negative term in the expansion of sqrt{(1+2x)^7}
@YouMadFellow said:
See in the 2nd case, Red + Green = Balls which are not blue = 2*Blue OR Red = balls which are not blue = 2*blue ... so it doesn't matters I think, ratio remains the same..
may be you are right 😃 and i think, you are..
i was taking it as twice of all sets of other color balls..
@YouMadFellow said:
See in the 2nd case, Red + Green = Balls which are not blue = 2*Blue OR Red = balls which are not blue = 2*blue ... so it doesn't matters I think, ratio remains the same..
@YouMadFellow said:
See in the 2nd case, Red + Green = Balls which are not blue = 2*Blue OR Red = balls which are not blue = 2*blue ... so it doesn't matters I think, ratio remains the same..

I think 1st is also enough p = 10/10 = 1


@vbhvgupta said:
I think 1st is also enough p = 10/10 = 1
Nope... The statement just mentioned blue balls ... Nothing about total balls 😃

Q6 plz explain

@YouMadFellow said:
Nope... The statement just mentioned blue balls ... Nothing about total balls
Consider it seperately means box contain 10 ball only....as in question nothing mentioned about other ball.......
I am not sure I am right....

@vbhvgupta said:
Q6 plz explain
both alone can answer it
@vbhvgupta said:
Consider it seperately means box contain 10 ball only....as in question nothing mentioned about other ball.......I am not sure I am right....
If the statement were "The box contains only 10 blue balls" , it would have been fine. But it is incomplete I think. Waiting for the OA 😐 ..