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- by Bidisha_800
Sun Feb 22, 2009 1:38 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Combinations Question
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1245
Can you share your local source of these questions ? Company X Company Y x+50 employees x employees 0.9y salary y salary we have to determine whether (x+50)* .9y > x*y or .9xy + 45 y > xy or 45 y > .1 xy or 450 > x (y not = 0) or company Y has less than 450 employees (A) INSUFF because it talks abou...
- by Bidisha_800
Sun Feb 22, 2009 1:09 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Salaries
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1260
I'm getting (A) median =130 K mean = 150 K There are 15 hours so price of 8th house must be 130 K Now total sale price of 15 hours are 15 * 150 K = 2250 K The max price of first 8 hours are 8*130K = 1040K so the sum of last 7 hours = 1210 K so if you select prices > 130 K but less than 165 K, one ho...
- by Bidisha_800
Sat Feb 21, 2009 9:18 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Median and Mean problem
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1152
- by Bidisha_800
Sat Feb 21, 2009 9:09 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Trapezoid
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1931
Bidisha_800- We're asked to determine if the mode of a set is equal to the mean. The mode is the most frequent member of the set (in this case it is unique - which means there is only one mode). The mean is the average of all the members of the set. (2) Tells us that three of the five set members a...
- by Bidisha_800
Sat Feb 21, 2009 8:49 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Mode
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1694
- by Bidisha_800
Sat Feb 21, 2009 8:20 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: integers
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1433
- by Bidisha_800
Sat Feb 21, 2009 5:41 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Mode
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1694
n items taken 1 time = n
n items taken 2 times where items can repeat is possible = n.n = n^2
so total permutation = n + n^2 + n^3 + ....
n(n^p-1)/(n-1)
- by Bidisha_800
Fri Feb 20, 2009 11:50 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: taken not more than p times
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1238
- by Bidisha_800
Thu Feb 19, 2009 12:28 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Sum of squares
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1299
total number of combination =3*2*3=18
day 1 = (3 X 1 (shoe #1) X3)/18= 9/18
day2 =(2X 1 (shoe#1) X2)/18 = 4/18
day 3 = 1 X 1 X 1/18 =1/18
same can happen with shoe #2
so probability = 2* (9/18)* (4/18)*(1/18)
=1/81
- by Bidisha_800
Thu Feb 19, 2009 12:24 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: a probability problem, who can help? Thanks!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1358
(C) from the sentence " an authority that can call things to a halt"
(C) run, run and run but nowhere to reach
- by Bidisha_800
Wed Feb 18, 2009 10:59 pm- Forum: Reading Comprehension
- Topic: 1000 RC Passage 2 Q 3&6
- Replies: 16
- Views: 20950
(B) is correct and "there" is an expletive that introduces the noun smoothly ... read a grammar book to know more about expletives.
- by Bidisha_800
Wed Feb 18, 2009 10:13 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: SC-Federal incentives
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4576
- by Bidisha_800
Wed Feb 18, 2009 10:08 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: SC-holidaymakers
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2317
- by Bidisha_800
Wed Feb 18, 2009 10:07 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: SC-Work
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2199
- by Bidisha_800
Wed Feb 18, 2009 10:06 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: SC-Denim
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2717