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DBushkalov
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Hi fellows,
2 questions regarding the PROBLEM SOLVING PART of the DIAGNOSTIC TEST IN THE OG 13:
First:
I retook the diagnostic test and tripped over a very easy task in general. Here it is:
A closed cylindrical tank contains 36п cubic feet of water and is filled to half its capacity.
The way i got this task is: that the Cylinder is half full, and, that, when half full it has 36п cubic metres of water in it. Bottom line: 1/2 of the cylinder's Volume is 36п. However, the way it is meant fromthe OG 13 Writers is that the full capacity of the cylinder = 36п and that in addition to that, the cylinder is currently half full.
Since I am not a native speaker I would like to ask you, don't you find the task description a little confusing? If so (and i do not want to make a rush inference) it seems very unprofessional to get such a task on the real exam.
Second:
There is a task where you get this:
A right circular cone is inscribed in a hemisphere so that the base of the cone coincides with the base of the hemisphere. What is the ratio of the height of the cone to the radius of the hemisphere?
Now, I have studied tens of hundreds of pages on Quant topic and there was not a single thing said about a cone or about a hemisphere. Furhtermore I had no clue how to draw a hemisphere, never mind deduce that if the base of the cone coincides with the base of the hemisphere ---> the ration of height of cylinder: radius of the hemisphere = 1:1
Is it possible to get such questions that havent been taught anywhere?
Thank you very much for your answers
2 questions regarding the PROBLEM SOLVING PART of the DIAGNOSTIC TEST IN THE OG 13:
First:
I retook the diagnostic test and tripped over a very easy task in general. Here it is:
A closed cylindrical tank contains 36п cubic feet of water and is filled to half its capacity.
The way i got this task is: that the Cylinder is half full, and, that, when half full it has 36п cubic metres of water in it. Bottom line: 1/2 of the cylinder's Volume is 36п. However, the way it is meant fromthe OG 13 Writers is that the full capacity of the cylinder = 36п and that in addition to that, the cylinder is currently half full.
Since I am not a native speaker I would like to ask you, don't you find the task description a little confusing? If so (and i do not want to make a rush inference) it seems very unprofessional to get such a task on the real exam.
Second:
There is a task where you get this:
A right circular cone is inscribed in a hemisphere so that the base of the cone coincides with the base of the hemisphere. What is the ratio of the height of the cone to the radius of the hemisphere?
Now, I have studied tens of hundreds of pages on Quant topic and there was not a single thing said about a cone or about a hemisphere. Furhtermore I had no clue how to draw a hemisphere, never mind deduce that if the base of the cone coincides with the base of the hemisphere ---> the ration of height of cylinder: radius of the hemisphere = 1:1
Is it possible to get such questions that havent been taught anywhere?
Thank you very much for your answers
