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Here, options A and E are close. Others are directly eliminated as they are not relevant. Option A cannot be selected due to pronoun ambiguity error in usage of 'their'. Hence, option E is the correct answer.
- by adthedaddy
Thu Jul 19, 2018 4:39 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Like their male counterparts, women scientists are above
- Replies: 1
- Views: 941
This is a mixed Permutation and Combination problem. There are 2 vowels in the word 'NUMBERS'. There are 5 possible positions of the seven letter word NUMBERS where the vowels can be arranged alternately. Using V for vowel and C for consonant, they are - VCVCCCC CVCVCCC CCVCVCC CCCVCVC CCCCVCV Thus,...
- by adthedaddy
Fri Sep 25, 2015 11:13 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Arranging the letters
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1876
Hi Matt, Please help understand the following - Any two-digit number ab can be written as 10a + b, so we have (10a + b) - (10c + d) = x, where x is the original difference. After exchanging the tens digits, we have (10a + d) - (10c + b) = x - 4 Doesn't exchanging the tens digits mean we interchange ...
- by adthedaddy
Fri Sep 25, 2015 9:30 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Number System
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1493
Hi datonman, I would take the following approach to solve this. If one machine takes 12 hrs to print 600 copies then in 1 hr it prints 50 copies. Now, one machine takes one hour to print 50 copies, then 3 machines will print 3x50=150 copies in one hour. Using simple arithmetic rules, If 150 copies a...
- by adthedaddy
Fri Sep 25, 2015 8:43 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: printing company word problem
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1796
SC Question
Before Budapest was Budapest, it was Aquincum , a Celtic settlement that would go on to become the Roman capital of Lower Pannonia. A) Before Budapest was Budapest, it was Aquincum B) Before there was Budapest, it was Aquincum C) Before it was Budapest, it was Aquincum D) Budapest was once what was...
- by adthedaddy
Thu Sep 24, 2015 7:41 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: SC Question
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1405
Word problem - Grain sacks ordering
Tom has 45 bushels of wheat, 63 bushels of rice, and 18 bushels of quinoa. He wants to order sacks of a single size such that he can fill each sack completely full of one type of grain without having any extra grain left over. What is the minimum number of sacks that Tom must order? A) 9 B) 14 C) 18...
- by adthedaddy
Thu Sep 24, 2015 7:41 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Word problem - Grain sacks ordering
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2301
SC
The seeming absence in the universe of a quantity of mass able to explain various phenomena, specifically gravitational effects, believed to be evidence for the existence of dark matter. A) believed to be B) is believed to be C) some believe it to be D) some believe it is E) it is believed that it i...
- by adthedaddy
Thu Sep 24, 2015 7:32 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: SC
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1362
Number System
If q is positive two-digit integer and p is the units digit of q, is 10<q<50 ?
1. p is more than the tens digit of q.
2. 4p-1 = q
Standard DS options follow
- by adthedaddy
Thu Sep 24, 2015 7:29 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Number System
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1319
- by adthedaddy
Thu Sep 24, 2015 7:27 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Exponents
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1160
Word problem
Pam owns an inventory of unopened packages of corn and rice, which she has purchased for $17 and $13 per package, respectively. How many packages of corn does she have ?
1. She has $282 worth of packages
2. She has twice as many packages of corn as of rice
Standard DS options follow.
- by adthedaddy
Thu Sep 24, 2015 7:25 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Word problem
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1416
Inequalities
If x and y are positive integers, is
root(x+y+1) > 3root(x+1) ?
1. y > 8x + 8
2. x+y > 8x + 8
Standard DS options follow.
Please help understand this.
- by adthedaddy
Thu Sep 24, 2015 7:23 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Inequalities
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1130
Fractions
If x = 1/10 + 1/12 + 1/13 + 1/14 + 1/15, which of the following is true ?
A) 7/15 > x > 1/2
B) 1/2 > x > 1/3
C) 1/3 > x > 1/5
D) 1/5 > x > 1/7
E) 1/7 > x > 1/9
Please suggest an easy way to solve this question.
- by adthedaddy
Thu Sep 24, 2015 7:20 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Fractions
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1197
Integers
What is the smallest positive integer that is divisible by every odd integer between 1 and 10 inclusive?
A) 105
B) 315
C) 945
D) 3780
E) 7560
Please help
- by adthedaddy
Thu Sep 24, 2015 7:14 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Integers
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1465
Number System
If two 2-digit positive integers have their resp tens digits exchanged, the difference between the pair of integers changes by 4. What is the greatest possible difference between the original pair of integers?
A) 76
B) 80
C) 82
D) 90
E) 94
- by adthedaddy
Thu Sep 24, 2015 7:12 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Number System
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1493
PS Question
If n=3x4xp, where p is a prime number greater than 3, how many different positive non-prime divisors does n have, excluding 1 and n ?
A) Six
B) Seven
C) Eight
D) Nine
E) Ten
- by adthedaddy
Thu Sep 24, 2015 7:10 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: PS Question
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1282