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Roots
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4th root of 496 is between?
(A) 3 and 4
(B) 4 and 5
(C) 5 and 6
(D) 6 and 7
(E) 7 and 8
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- by ramonsa
Sat Jun 06, 2009 6:29 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Roots
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Consecutive odd integers.
Hi - Can someone explain me the approach to this problem? I'm getting 32 as an answer but I want to make sure that I using the best approach. Thanks 3-13.If a sequence of 8 consecutive odd integers with increasing values has 9 as its 7th term, what is the sum of the terms of the sequence? (A) 22 (B)...
- by ramonsa
Sat Jun 06, 2009 5:14 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Consecutive odd integers.
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Problem Solving Help.
The regular hourly wage for an employee of a certain factory is $5.60. If the employee worked 8 hours overtime and earned 3/2 times this regular hourly wage for overtime, how much overtime money was earned?
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- by ramonsa
Thu Jun 04, 2009 12:19 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Problem Solving Help.
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- by ramonsa
Wed Jun 03, 2009 5:55 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Problem Solving...Help
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1294
PS Help..
15. Working alone, R can complete a certain kind of job in 9 hours. R and S, working together at their respective rates, can complete one of these jobs in 6 hours. In how many hours can S, working alone, complete one of these jobs?
(A) 18 (B) 12 (C) 9
(D) 6 (E) 3
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- by ramonsa
Wed Jun 03, 2009 3:50 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: PS Help..
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3874
Problem Solving...Help
13. If a sequence of 8 consecutive odd integers with increasing values has 9 as its 7th term, what is the sum of the terms of the sequence?
(A) 22 (B) 32 (C) 36
(D) 40 (E) 44
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- by ramonsa
Wed Jun 03, 2009 3:02 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Problem Solving...Help
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1294
PS Help...
8. After paying a 10 percent tax on all income over $3,000, a person had a net income of $12,000. What was the income before taxes?
(A) $13,300
(B) $13,000
(C) $12,900
(D) $10,000
(E) $9,000
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- by ramonsa
Wed Jun 03, 2009 2:31 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: PS Help...
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1854
PS ... Help.
7. A certain elevator has a safe weight limit of 2,000 pounds. What is the greatest possible number of people who can safely ride on the elevator at one time with the average (arithmetic mean) weight of half the riders being 180 pounds and the average weight of the others being 215 pounds? (A) 7 (B)...
- by ramonsa
Wed Jun 03, 2009 2:30 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: PS ... Help.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1216
PS Help!!
6. In traveling from a dormitory to a certain city, a student went of the way by foot, of the way by bus, and the remaining 8 kilometers by car. What is the distance, in kilometers, from the dormitory to the city?
(A) 30
(B) 45
(C) 60
(D) 90
(E) 120
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- by ramonsa
Wed Jun 03, 2009 2:22 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: PS Help!!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1236
Prob Solving Help..
20. The R students in a class agree to contribute equally to buy their teacher a birthday present that costs y dollars. If x of the students later fail to contribute their share, which of the following represents the additional number of dollars that each of the remaining students must contribute in...
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Wed Jun 03, 2009 1:34 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Prob Solving Help..
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1114
PS Help...
19. If M and N are positive integers that have remainders of 1 and 3, respectively, when divided by 6, which of the following could NOT be a possible value of M+N?
(A) 86
(B) 52
(C) 34
(D) 28
(E) 10
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- by ramonsa
Wed Jun 03, 2009 1:28 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: PS Help...
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1214
PS Help..
10. When ticket sales began, Pat was the nth customer in line for a ticket, and customers purchased their tickets at the rate of x customers per minute. Of the following, which best approximates the time, in minutes, that Pat had to wait in line from the moment ticket sales began? (A) (n - 1) x (B) ...
- by ramonsa
Wed Jun 03, 2009 1:00 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: PS Help..
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1227
PS help!!
6. Of a certain high school graduating class, 75 percent of the students continued their formal education, and 80 percent of those who continued their formal education went to four-year colleges. If 300 students in the class went to four-year colleges, how many students were in the graduating class?...
- by ramonsa
Wed Jun 03, 2009 12:56 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: PS help!!
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1055
Problem solving help!
5. If Jack walked 5 miles in 1 hour and 15 minutes, what was his rate of walking in miles per hour?
(A) 4
(B) 4.5
(C) 6
(D) 6.25
(E) 15
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- by ramonsa
Wed Jun 03, 2009 12:52 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Problem solving help!
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1688
Problem solving help!!
12. A bus trip of 450 miles would have taken 1 hour less if the average speed S for the trip had been greater by 5 miles per hour. What was the average speed S, in miles per hour, for the trip?
(A) 10
(B) 40
(C) 45
(D) 50
(E) 55
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- by ramonsa
Tue Jun 02, 2009 4:00 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Problem solving help!!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1297