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An A.P P consist of n terms .from the progressions three different progression P1 P2, P3are created such that P1 is obtained by 1st,4th ,7th ....terms of P ,P2 has the 2nd.5th ,8th ...terms of P and P3 has 3rd,6th ,9th ...terms of P.It is found that of P1, P2 and P3 two progressions have the property that their average is itself a term of the original progression P.what are the possible values of n?(with solution please)

I Don't have a clue so please some

1.)In an office where working in one dept is necessary 78% of the employees are in operations,69% are in finance and 87% are in HR. what are the maximum and minimum %ages of employees that could have been working in all 3 depts.


Max= 34%
Min = 17 %

excess % = (87+78+69 ) - 100= 134%

This will needs to be adjusted by the common portions. Now portions common to 2 will adjust one part for every 2 parts adjusted by portions common to three.

So max is given as 66*1 +34*2 = 134

Same way min is 17%.
abhilas Says
An A.P P consist of n terms .from the progressions three different progression P1 P2, P3are created such that P1 is obtained by 1st,4th ,7th ....terms of P ,P2 has the 2nd.5th ,8th ...terms of P and P3 has 3rd,6th ,9th ...terms of P.It is found that of P1, P2 and P3 two progressions have the property that their average is itself a term of the original progression P.what are the possible values of n?(with solution please)


n will be of the form 4k+6 (where k>0)
so all such no will satisfy

...if it is correct will post my approach
I Don't have a clue so please some

2.) How many 3 digit no's composed of 3 distinct digits are there such that one digit is the average of other two.
a.)96
b.)104
c.)112
d.)120
e.)256

if no is abc then abc will be in AP
and all nos of the form aaa
if u calculate total comes out to be 112..

@ksagarwa: the possible values of n are 20 and 26.,pls post ur approach.

hi Puys,plz solve this ques :

Q.Brass is an alloy of copper & zinc .Bronze is an alloy containing 80% of copper,4 % of zinc and 16% of tin.A fused mass of brass & bronze is found to contain 74% of copper ,16% of zinc,and 10% of tin.
The ratio of copper to zinc in Brass is :

a)64% & 36% b)33% & 67% c)50% & 75% d)35% & 65% e)none of these
Max= 34%
Min = 17 %

excess % = (87+78+69 ) - 100= 134%

This will needs to be adjusted by the common portions. Now portions common to 2 will adjust one part for every 2 parts adjusted by portions common to three.

So max is given as 66*1 +34*2 = 134

Same way min is 17%.

@ CAT_gunner
hi buddy ,can u plz give a detailed explanation on this.

one silly ques:
how to convert 6(2/13)% into fraction.. pls generalise in form of x(y/z)%

@bhaskar goel plz come up wid the oa for the 2 questions provided by u

Hi guys,

Please help me in this questn...

Number of four digits numbers which are divisible by 5 ,using the digits 0,1,2,3,4,5,6 and 6..

Hi guys,

Please help me in this questn...

Number of four digits numbers which are divisible by 5 ,using the digits 0,1,2,3,4,5,6 and 6..


digits can be repeated

units place : 0 & 5 = 2
tens place : 0 to 9 = 10
similarly for hundreds 10
thousands place cant be 0 so 9
number of ways = 9x10x10x2 =1800

Hi buddy,

In the question it is not mentioned that digit can be repeated so we must assume that we cannot repeat the digit.
Also,
the numbers using which we need to form 4 digit numbers are 0,1,2,3,4,5,6 and 6.......its not 0-9.....

pls check...

Hi guys,

Please help me in this questn...

Number of four digits numbers which are divisible by 5 ,using the digits 0,1,2,3,4,5,6 and 6..


I guess you mean 0,1,2,3,4,5,6 and 7 not 0,1,2,3,4,5,6 and 6
Here, I consider that the numbers can be repeated.

For a number to be divisible by 5, the units digit has to be either 5 or 0.
So, the units digit can be filled in 2 ways.

And, the thousands digit cannot be zero, so, it can be filled in 6 ways.
Rest two places can be filled in 7 ways each.

So, number of four digit numbers divisible by 5 using 0,1,2,3,4,5,6 and 7 = 6*7*7*2 = 588.

What's the answer ?
hi Puys,plz solve this ques :

Q.Brass is an alloy of copper & zinc .Bronze is an alloy containing 80% of copper,4 % of zinc and 16% of tin.A fused mass of brass & bronze is found to contain 74% of copper ,16% of zinc,and 10% of tin.
The ratio of copper to zinc in Brass is :

a)64% & 36% b)33% & 67% c)50% & 75% d)35% & 65% e)none of these



what is the ans? is it A?
tanuja91 Says
what is the ans? is it A?

assume the amount of total bronze b 100 units.....then u can equate the tin content of bronze i.e16 unit to the tin content in mixture.....then u can get the amount of mixture and from dat u can get answer..i think its A

Yes the Answer is (a).
But Can u plz post the detail soln.
I am quite weak in such type of problems.

hey Thanks , I got it.

vyomconfused Says
@bhaskar goel plz come up wid the oa for the 2 questions provided by u


i don't quite know what oa is, can you expand?
bhaskar_goel Says
i don't quite know what oa is, can you expand?


OA -> Original Answer / Official Answer ...

Oh ok, but i haven't got the an oa for the mentioned questions ,

bhaskar_goel Says
Oh ok, but i haven't got the an oa for the mentioned questions ,


bhai , just give the options that are given for these questions....