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Remember as a general thumb rule: If you know the parity (negative or positive) of the product of any number of variables, then the same will be the parity of any combination of those variables multiplied in numerator or denominator. Reason is pretty simple the parity of 'a' is always the same as th...

by vineet.nitd

Tue Oct 25, 2016 7:41 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Positive / Negatives
Replies: 6
Views: 3577

You may multiply each side of the inequality by |x| without flipping the sign and then rearrange.

x(|x|-1)>0

x>0 AND |x|>1 => x>1
OR
x<0 AND |x|<1 => -1<x<0

From the two range of values above, we know for sure that x>-1.

Hence choice B is correct.

by vineet.nitd

Tue Oct 25, 2016 2:16 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Absolute values
Replies: 7
Views: 4029

Remainder when 32^(32^32) OR (28+4)^(32^32) is divided by 7 is the same as remainder when 4^(32^32) is divided by 7. This is because all the terms in the expansion will be multiples of 7 except the last one, which is 4^(32^32). Also 32^32 when divided by 3 gives remainder (-1)^32 OR 1=>32^32 = 3k+1 ...

by vineet.nitd

Tue Oct 25, 2016 1:59 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Tough Reminder Question
Replies: 3
Views: 2457

The problem with your approach is that you are recounting stuff. When you have 4 distinct items to be sent to 4 distinct places, each item has 4 choices to go. (Box 1 has 4 choices) AND (Box 2 has 4 choices) AND (Box 3 has 4 choices) AND (Box 4 has 4 choices) = 4*4*4*4 Now truck 1 could have any num...

by vineet.nitd

Tue Oct 25, 2016 1:37 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Grouping and selecting
Replies: 9
Views: 4772

What is the implication of ab + c being odd? It implies that one of the two components (ab OR c) is even, while the other is odd. If that is true their product is also going to be even, since one component is even for sure. Hence, 3 must be true. Statements 1 and 2 have symmetry as “a� AND “b...

by vineet.nitd

Tue Oct 25, 2016 1:14 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Even Odd Problem
Replies: 9
Views: 4750

Required ratio = 2*(l^2+l^2+l^2) / {2*(2l^2+2l^2+l^2)} = 3/5

by vineet.nitd

Wed Jul 15, 2015 9:34 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: ratio of the surface area of a cube
Replies: 4
Views: 1855

In such problems, one should try to satisfy the condition first. The condition here is that at least one marble of each type should be in the case. So, we give one marble of each type to the case. Now we are left with suit that can accommodate two more marbles out of the remaining marbles: 4Cs, 4Ss,...

by vineet.nitd

Wed Jul 15, 2015 9:25 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: P & C
Replies: 9
Views: 3823

Solve the quadratic in ab to get the values of ab as -3 and 1. However, as per problem ab>0, hence ab=-3 can be discarded. So, ab = 1. Now, since there is no restriction on a or b belonging only to set of integers, we can assign any value to 'a' (except 0), such that we always have its multiplicativ...

by vineet.nitd

Wed Jul 15, 2015 8:19 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: If ab>0 and (a^2)*(b^2) + 2ab – 3 = 0
Replies: 11
Views: 3848

In such problems where distinct objects have to be assigned or distributed across distinct places, think from the perspective of 'what' is being distributed and 'where' is it being distributed. 'What' is people and 'where' is office here! The first person has two choices as there are two offices. So...

by vineet.nitd

Wed Jul 15, 2015 5:14 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Assign employees
Replies: 16
Views: 12713