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by gmatmachoman » Wed Apr 21, 2010 4:18 am
A boy is playing on the slope of a park of height of 6 m. Starting from the ground, when he covers a horizontal distance of 2.1 m along the slope, which reaches 30% of the actual height above the ground. How much distance should he cover to be at 15% of the actual height?


A) 6.9 m

B) 0.45 m

c) 0.80 m

D)1.8 m

E)0.20 m
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by ajith » Wed Apr 21, 2010 6:06 am
gmatmachoman wrote:A boy is playing on the slope of a park of height of 6 m. Starting from the ground, when he covers a horizontal distance of 2.1 m along the slope, which reaches 30% of the actual height above the ground. How much distance should he cover to be at 15% of the actual height?


A) 6.9 m

B) 0.45 m

c) 0.80 m

D)1.8 m

E)0.20 m
This question seems to be very ambiguous to me!

I am getting 1.05m which is not in the answer choices. Please check the question and the answers
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by gmatmachoman » Wed Apr 21, 2010 6:11 am
ajith wrote:
gmatmachoman wrote:A boy is playing on the slope of a park of height of 6 m. Starting from the ground, when he covers a horizontal distance of 2.1 m along the slope, which reaches 30% of the actual height above the ground. How much distance should he cover to be at 15% of the actual height?


A) 6.9 m

B) 0.45 m

c) 0.80 m

D)1.8 m

E)0.20 m
This question seems to be very ambiguous to me!

I am getting 1.05m which is not in the answer choices. Please check the question and the answers
ajith bhai..same here

I saw that in Complore.com and thought u will solve it..it is absurd..stem has some issues..

hey i applauded u for ur 100 post and ur 101 was mine...just chk ur previous posts ard 2.00 pm noon today..

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by eaakbari » Wed Apr 21, 2010 6:59 am
Yep 1.05
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by harshavardhanc » Wed Apr 21, 2010 7:31 am
eaakbari wrote:Yep 1.05
glad that I'm not the only one who got 1.05 ;)
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by akhpad » Wed Apr 21, 2010 8:36 am
People are doing mistake while posing.

Above solution is correct.


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by kevincanspain » Wed Apr 21, 2010 9:26 am
akhp77 wrote:People are doing mistake while posing.

Above solution is correct.


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by akhpad » Wed Apr 21, 2010 9:31 am
yup, sorry.