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adthedaddy wrote:Ans: 121%
Detailing the steps below -
Assuming Principal amount=100 , over 5 terms we get a sum = 121 which is 121%
can we take 8% annually as 4% semi annually when compounding it
please elaborate your explanation..
thanks

by mohan514

Fri Aug 31, 2012 10:22 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Compound Interest
Replies: 3
Views: 1670

combination of speed and distance with pythagorus theorem
distance travelled is half that is travelled in one hour as it is calculated for half an hour

by mohan514

Fri Aug 31, 2012 10:08 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: far apart?
Replies: 3
Views: 1333

i am getting 70 percent

think i madesome mistake
anyone please give your explanation

is the water to oil ratio in mixture x equal to 7/8

because 10 gallons of water+ 20 gallons with 16 gallons oil and 4 gallons water

by mohan514

Fri Aug 31, 2012 10:04 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: If mixture A has
Replies: 3
Views: 1347

what is the source of the exam

looks like a gre question with multiple answer choices

we can plug and eliminate the wrong answers in gmat

by mohan514

Fri Aug 31, 2012 9:52 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: squares
Replies: 2
Views: 956

go through the powerscore cr
it has a seperate chapter on these causal problems

by mohan514

Fri Aug 31, 2012 9:48 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Cause and effect concept doubt
Replies: 5
Views: 1404

allegation can give the answer most efficiently for these questions
place all the percentages on one side and the number of litres on the other with required conc in the middle

by mohan514

Fri Aug 31, 2012 9:44 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Mixture problem - PITA works, not Pluggin-in
Replies: 6
Views: 12843

lenght can never be negative
so if at all we reach to such an answer we should consider absolute value

by mohan514

Fri Aug 31, 2012 9:37 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: playground
Replies: 3
Views: 1646

and the
total length of the strip before it was
attached was x feet.


what does this implicate in the question..
its the width of the strip which is surrounding the table top

how do we correlate its dimensions to those of table top..
didn i understand the question or something is wrong

by mohan514

Fri Aug 31, 2012 9:32 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: tabletop
Replies: 2
Views: 794

i dont think this question can be solved in rwo minutes

very lenghty calculation

by mohan514

Fri Aug 31, 2012 9:20 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Least value of b
Replies: 7
Views: 1398

made a calculation mistake here....

3v-v if not substituted with 2v is giving me an error

m not sure where i am making the mistake

by mohan514

Fri Aug 31, 2012 9:14 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: v
Replies: 4
Views: 886

can anyone explain the question first rather than the answer

though i am not bad with probability
this question didn make sense

by mohan514

Fri Aug 31, 2012 9:08 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Probability
Replies: 4
Views: 936

people use those brackets when absolute value is intended
so looks like confusing otherwise its an easy question

so we need to select the integers which are less than the given decimals , i.e the nearest on number line

hence we reach 3

by mohan514

Fri Aug 31, 2012 9:04 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: INTEGER
Replies: 25
Views: 11123

the chances of getting one of the coloured ball in the fiest ball is 5/100 to win he should pick up the ball of same colour from the second bowl and that should be of the same colour so sinjce there are only 5 coloured balls and among them only one would match the requirement hence the chances are 1...

by mohan514

Fri Aug 31, 2012 8:58 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Probability question - Need expert help
Replies: 7
Views: 1584

contrvversial and easy to poinjt out question

both are satisfying the condition

by mohan514

Fri Aug 31, 2012 8:50 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Number between 2/3 and 3/4
Replies: 5
Views: 5193

hello there i am sure that your sourse is not powerscore because your explanation as per that book is a wrong answer to trap us it says if x occurs y occurs , if two things occur at simultaneously or consecutively, it does not imply that one event has caused the other may be experts can further prov...

by mohan514

Wed Aug 29, 2012 7:16 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Cause and effect concept doubt
Replies: 9
Views: 1411