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- by Viper83
Tue Jun 21, 2011 9:28 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Circular track
- Replies: 3
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Circular track
2 cars drive in opposite direction around a circular track, starting at the same time. Car A drives at a speed of 3 km/h and car B drives at a speed of 1 km/h. The Track has a diameter of 4 km. After how long will the cars meet? I solved this questions the following way (please tell me whether my ap...
- by Viper83
Tue Jun 21, 2011 7:43 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Circular track
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2593
- by Viper83
Sun Jun 19, 2011 10:25 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Rate of change
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1731
Hi Frankenstein,
Thanks for this. However, can you please expand your answer. I do not understand how you got from
ka1^2/2b to
a1 = a*sqrt(2) = 1.41
???
Thanks
- by Viper83
Sun Jun 19, 2011 9:44 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Rate of change
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1731
Rate of change
The rate of a certain chemical reaction is directly proportional to the square of the concentration of chemical A present and inversely proportional to the concentration of chemical B present. If the concentration of chemical B is increased by 100 percent, which of the following is closest to the pe...
- by Viper83
Sun Jun 19, 2011 9:25 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Rate of change
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1731
Thanks Anurag, so in this kind of question one should actually solve to get the answer since it is a quadratic equation?
- by Viper83
Sun Jun 19, 2011 3:08 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Car and time
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1611
rakes
A certain business produced x rakes each month from november to february and shipped x/2 at the rakes beginning of each month from march through october. The business paid no storage costs for the rakes from november through february, but it paid storage costs of 0.10 dollars / rake for each month m...
- by Viper83
Sun Jun 19, 2011 2:58 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: rakes
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1269
Car and time
how much time did it take a certain car to travel 400 km? 1. the car traveled the first 200 km in 2.5 hrs 2. if the car's average speed had been 20 km/hr greater than it was, it would have traveled the 400 km in 1 hr less than it did. From the prompt we get 400=rt Is this setup correct? 1. is obviou...
- by Viper83
Sun Jun 19, 2011 2:43 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Car and time
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1611
K
if K is a positive 3-digit integer, what is the hundreds digit of K?
1. the hundreds digit of K+150 is 4.
2. the tens digit of K+25 is 7.
E
- by Viper83
Sun Jun 19, 2011 2:34 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: K
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1101
- by Viper83
Sun Jun 19, 2011 2:32 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: number line
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4072
number line
if n denotes a number to the left of 0 on the number line such that the square of n is less than 1/100, then the reciprocal of n must be
a. less than -10
b. between -1 and -1/10
c. between -1/10 and 0
d. between 0 and 1/10
e. greater than 10
A
- by Viper83
Sun Jun 19, 2011 2:23 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: number line
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4072
- by Viper83
Mon Jun 13, 2011 11:15 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: stamps
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1368
stamps
the number of stamps that kaye and alberto had were in the ratio 5:3. after kaye gave alberto 10 stamps the ratio that kaye had to the number alberto had was 7:5. as a result of the gift, kaye had how many more stamps than Alberto?
A. 20
B. 30
C. 40
D. 60
E. 90
C
- by Viper83
Mon Jun 13, 2011 10:05 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: stamps
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1368
karen and jason
jason and karen's salary were each p percent greater in 1998 than in 1995. what is p?
1. in 1995 karens salary was 2000 dollars greater than jason's.
2. in 1998 karen's salary was 2440 dollars greater than jason's.
C
- by Viper83
Mon Jun 13, 2011 9:52 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: karen and jason
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1065
ratio
if m,r,x and y are positive, is the ratio of m to r equal to the ratio of x to y?
1. ratio of m to y is equal to ratio of x to r.
2. ratio of m+x to r+y is equal to ratio of x to y.
B
- by Viper83
Mon Jun 13, 2011 9:49 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: ratio
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1126