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Thats it...it was so easy?!!force5 wrote:consider the question like this
let the number be 10a+b
reversing the digits 10b+a
difference 9a-9b = 27 ( given)
a-b = 3
hence A
- by anirudhbhalotia
Tue Mar 15, 2011 9:25 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Integers reversed - Applied problem
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1381
A store currently charges the same price for each towel that it sells. If the current price of each towel were to be increased by $1, 10 fewer towels could be bought for $120, excluding sales tax. What is the current price of each towel? A. $1 B. $2 C. $3 D. $4 E. $12 OA - C I somehow didn't get th...
- by anirudhbhalotia
Tue Mar 15, 2011 9:23 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Towels - Applied problems
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2020
How and why are we putting n square(n^2) ? N friends contributing 500 each; Total contribution = 500N . Agree? Now each of N friends persuaded N more people to donate $500. Note the word Each. So N more people will donate $ 500 Each =500N Agree?--- This corresponds to each of 'n' friends & sinc...
- by anirudhbhalotia
Tue Mar 15, 2011 9:20 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Mary : Donations, Simultaneous equations
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1836
- by anirudhbhalotia
Thu Mar 10, 2011 10:17 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Mary : Donations, Simultaneous equations
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1836
At a certain picnic, each of the guests was served either a single scoop or a double scoop of ice-cream. How many of the guests were served a double scoop of ice-cream? 1. At the picnic, 60 percent of the guests were served a double scoop of ice-cream. 2. A total of 120 scoops of ice-cream were ser...
- by anirudhbhalotia
Thu Mar 10, 2011 10:08 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Ice-cream scoop, Percents
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2278
At a certain picnic, each of the guests was served either a single scoop or a double scoop of ice-cream. How many of the guests were served a double scoop of ice-cream? 1. At the picnic, 60 percent of the guests were served a double scoop of ice-cream. 2. A total of 120 scoops of ice-cream were ser...
- by anirudhbhalotia
Thu Mar 10, 2011 9:48 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Ice-cream scoop, Percents
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2278
here is my take let the current price be x towels that can be bought @ x = 120/x price increase x+1 towels that can be bought @x+1 = 120/x+1 difference in the quantity of towels bought is given as 10 hence 120/x - 120/x+1 = 10 solving for x you will get x= 3 hence current price is $3 ( choice C) ho...
- by anirudhbhalotia
Thu Mar 10, 2011 9:57 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Towels - Applied problems
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2020
Mary : Donations, Simultaneous equations
Mary persuaded n friends to donate $500 each to her election campaign, and then each of these n friends persuaded n more people to donate $500 each to Mary's campaign. If no one donated more than once and if there were no other donations, what was the value of n ? 1. The first n people donated 1/16 ...
- by anirudhbhalotia
Thu Mar 10, 2011 9:35 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Mary : Donations, Simultaneous equations
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1836
Ice-cream scoop, Percents
At a certain picnic, each of the guests was served either a single scoop or a double scoop of ice-cream. How many of the guests were served a double scoop of ice-cream? 1. At the picnic, 60 percent of the guests were served a double scoop of ice-cream. 2. A total of 120 scoops of ice-cream were serv...
- by anirudhbhalotia
Thu Mar 10, 2011 9:32 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Ice-cream scoop, Percents
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2278
Students : Chemistry/Biology, Operations on rational nos.
Of the 200 students at College T majoring in one or more of the sciences, 130 are majoring in chemistry and 150 are majoring in biology. If atleast 30 of the students are not majoring in either Chemistry or Biology, then the no. of students majoring in both chemistry and biology could be any number ...
- by anirudhbhalotia
Thu Mar 10, 2011 9:29 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Students : Chemistry/Biology, Operations on rational nos.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1079
Integers reversed - Applied problem
If a two-digit integer has its digits received, the resulting integer differs from the original by 27. By how much do the two digits differ?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
E. 7
OA - A
- by anirudhbhalotia
Thu Mar 10, 2011 9:23 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Integers reversed - Applied problem
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1381
John and Mary - Applied problem
John and Mary were each paid x dollars in advance to do a certain job together. John worked on the job for 10 hours and Mary worked 2 hours less than John.If Mary gave John y dollars of her payment so that they would have received the same hourly wage, what was the dollar amount, in terms of y, that...
- by anirudhbhalotia
Thu Mar 10, 2011 9:21 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: John and Mary - Applied problem
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1037
Towels - Applied problems
A store currently charges the same price for each towel that it sells. If the current price of each towel were to be increased by $1, 10 fewer towels could be bought for $120, excluding sales tax. What is the current price of each towel? A. $1 B. $2 C. $3 D. $4 E. $12 OA - C I somehow didn't get the...
- by anirudhbhalotia
Thu Mar 10, 2011 9:17 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Towels - Applied problems
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2020
Magazine/Periodicals you read?
Even though I am a voracious reader of just about anything...I have read in many different sites/blogs where people have recommended books and magazines(not so much as books) to read. I am aware not many, if not any MBA programs accepting GMAT have a Group Discussion(GD) as part of their admission p...
- by anirudhbhalotia
Sun Feb 20, 2011 9:19 pm- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Magazine/Periodicals you read?
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1546
- by anirudhbhalotia
Tue Feb 15, 2011 8:44 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: In the engineering sector
- Replies: 32
- Views: 14952