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by shilpaqueen » Sat Nov 20, 2010 2:31 am
A student worked without interuption to complete a two part test in 1 hour.
If he completed the first part in half the time it took him to complete the second part, How many minutes did he take to complete the 2nd part?

24
36
38
40
42

My answer....40
Official answer 36...

WHY??

A problem from some IMS question bank

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by ankurmit » Sat Nov 20, 2010 3:27 am
I am also getting ans 40
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