data sufficiency doubts

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data sufficiency doubts

by stuttee » Thu Jul 26, 2012 6:06 am
1.Of the students who eat in a certain cafeteria, each student either likes or dislikes lima beans and each student either likes or dislikes brussels sprouts. Of these students,dislike lima beans; and of those who dislike lima beans, also dislike brussels sprouts. How many of the students like brussels sprouts but dislike lima beans? (1) 120 students eat in the cafeteria. (2) 40 of the students like lima beans. ans-d
2.
How many different prime numbers are factors of the positive integer n ? (1) Four different prime numbers are factors of 2n. (2) Four different prime numbers are factors of n^2.
ans-B
3.
What is the hundredths digit of the decimal z ? (1) The tenths digit of 100z is 2. (2) The units digit of 1,000z is 2. ans- E
4.
During an experiment, some water was removed from each of 6 water tanks. If the standard deviation of the volumes of water in the tanks at the beginning of the experiment was 10 gallons, what was the standard deviation of the volumes of water in the tanks at the end of the experiment? (1) For each tank, 30 percent of the volume of water that was in the tank at the beginning of the experiment was removed during the experiment. (2) The average (arithmetic mean) volume of water in the tanks at the end of the experiment was 63 gallons. ans-A
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by Brent@GMATPrepNow » Thu Jul 26, 2012 7:08 am
stuttee wrote:1.Of the students who eat in a certain cafeteria, each student either likes or dislikes lima beans and each student either likes or dislikes brussels sprouts. Of these students,dislike lima beans; and of those who dislike lima beans, also dislike brussels sprouts. How many of the students like brussels sprouts but dislike lima beans? (1) 120 students eat in the cafeteria. (2) 40 of the students like lima beans. ans-d
2.
How many different prime numbers are factors of the positive integer n ? (1) Four different prime numbers are factors of 2n. (2) Four different prime numbers are factors of n^2.
ans-B
3.
What is the hundredths digit of the decimal z ? (1) The tenths digit of 100z is 2. (2) The units digit of 1,000z is 2. ans- E
4.
During an experiment, some water was removed from each of 6 water tanks. If the standard deviation of the volumes of water in the tanks at the beginning of the experiment was 10 gallons, what was the standard deviation of the volumes of water in the tanks at the end of the experiment? (1) For each tank, 30 percent of the volume of water that was in the tank at the beginning of the experiment was removed during the experiment. (2) The average (arithmetic mean) volume of water in the tanks at the end of the experiment was 63 gallons. ans-A
I suggest that you create 1 post per question. Otherwise, we end up with 4 different discussions, which can get confusing very quickly :-)

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by Brent@GMATPrepNow » Thu Jul 26, 2012 7:10 am
You should also use the "spoiler" function to hide the correct answer, so that people can try the question before they see the answer.

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