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Percent DS
During a 7-year period the profits of Midas, Inc. changed by what percent from the sixth year to the seventh year? (1) The profits of Midas, Inc. during the seventh year were 50 percent greater than the profits during the third year. (2) The increase in the profits of Midas, Inc. was the same for e...
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Fri Dec 14, 2012 6:32 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Percent DS
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Percentages
If Bill's weekly salary increased by 16 percent, he would earn $812 per month. If instead, his weekly salary were to increase by 10 percent, how much would he earn per month?
A) $750
B) $785
C) $770
D) $786
E) $798
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Fri Dec 14, 2012 6:30 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Percentages
- Replies: 2
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Geometry Set
A cylinder holds 10 liters of water. All of the water is poured into a cube, 50 cm on a side. What is the depth of the water (1 liter equals 1000 cubic cm of water)?
A) 4cm
B) 10cm
C) 40cm
D) 60cm
E) 100cm
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Fri Dec 14, 2012 6:25 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Geometry Set
- Replies: 2
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Numbers DS Tricky one
What is the value of the two-digit number XY, where X represents the tens digit and Y represents the units digit?
(1) The product of the digits is 12.
(2) The sum of the digits is 8.
I felt it should have been C but OA is E
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Fri Dec 14, 2012 6:22 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Numbers DS Tricky one
- Replies: 4
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Geometry probability combo set
A large cube 10cm on a side is composed of smaller cubes 1 cm on a side. The large cube is printed red on its outside surfaces and then all the cubes are mixed in a drum. If one cube is selected randomly, which of the following is the approximate probability that the cube will have at least one red...
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Fri Dec 14, 2012 6:18 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Geometry probability combo set
- Replies: 1
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Geometry
A farmer has a field that measures 1000 ft wide by 2000 ft long. There is an untillable strip 20 ft wide on the inside edge of the field. In addition, there is a 30 ft wide untillable strip bisects the field into two squares (approximate). Approximately what percentage of the field is tillable? A) ...
- by theachiever
Fri Dec 14, 2012 6:14 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Geometry
- Replies: 1
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Statistics Problem Set
List S consists of 10 consecutive odd integers List T consists of 5 consecutive even integers. If the least integer in S is 7 more than the least integer in T,how much greater is the average(arithmetic mean) of the integers in S than the average of the integers in T? A.2 B.7 C.8 D.12 E.22 [/b]
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Thu Dec 13, 2012 11:10 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Statistics Problem Set
- Replies: 2
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Problem Set
Carolyn, Elsa, and Bryan share an apartment and are splitting a grocery bill. Carolyn's groceries cost 50% more than Elsa's groceries and Carolyn's groceries cost 5/6 as much as Bryan's groceries. If Elsa paid $20 for her groceries, what was the total cost of the groceries? A) $56.66 B) $60.00 C) $...
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Thu Dec 13, 2012 2:48 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Problem Set
- Replies: 1
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Need Inputs for PS
I took the PS solving section test and found my weak areas to be Percentages,Rates,Statistics,Probability.Need your inputs as to how to go about these topics.
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Wed Dec 12, 2012 6:00 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Need Inputs for PS
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Tue Dec 11, 2012 11:27 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Hailed as a key discovery....
- Replies: 2
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Percent 3
John deposited 10000$ to open a new savings account that earned 4 percent annual interest,compounded quarterly.If there were no other transactions in the account,what was the amount of money in John's account 6 months after the account was opened?
A.10,100
B.10,101
C.10,200
D.10,201
E.10,400
- by theachiever
Tue Dec 11, 2012 11:23 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Percent 3
- Replies: 2
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Percent
One week a certain truck rental lot had a total of 20 trucks,all of which were on the lot Monday morning.If 50 percent of the trucks that were rented out during the week were returned to the lot on or before Saturday morning of that week,and if there were atleast 12 trucks on the lot that Saturday ...
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Tue Dec 11, 2012 11:19 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Percent
- Replies: 3
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Percent
In Country X a returning tourist may import goods with a total value of 500$ or less tax free,but must pay an 8 percent tax on the portion of the total value in excess of 500$. What tax must be paid by a returning tourist who imports goods with a total value of 730$? A.58.40 B.40 C.24.60 D.18.40 E....
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Tue Dec 11, 2012 11:11 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Percent
- Replies: 2
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Also, theachiever, a grammar note for you: In your signature you write Resilience is a trait that manifests in an individual when he/she faces consistent failures motivating them to succeed in the end. You correctly use the singular pronoun "he/she" for individual, but then switch to the ...
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Tue Dec 11, 2012 8:43 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Inequalities 2
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1148
Percentages DS Set
By what percent did the price of a book increase?
1.Ratio of book's original price to it's new price is 4:5.
2.Ratio of change in the book's price to it's new price is 1:5.
- by theachiever
Tue Dec 11, 2012 6:34 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Percentages DS Set
- Replies: 1
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