Re: John, Steve, and Mary are buying a car with a list price of $24,000. John contributes three times as much as Steve,

John, Steve, and Mary are buying a car with a list price of $24,000. John contributes three times as much as Steve, who contributes half as much as Mary. At the dealership, the trio buys the car and receives a 15% rebate. If they split the rebate funds proportional to each person's initial investme...

Re: x and y are positive integers. If the greatest common divisor of 3x and 3y is 6, what is the value of y?

x and y are positive integers. If the greatest common divisor of 3x and 3y is 6, what is the value of y? (1) The greatest common divisor of 2x and 2y is 2y (2) The least common multiple of 2x and 2y is 2 The greatest common divisor of 3x and 3y is 6. To simplify this statement and isolate x and y, ...

Re: At a certain company, 40% of the women are over 50 years old and 50% of the men are over 50 years old...

Source: Veritas Prep At a certain company, 40% of the women are over 50 years old and 50% of the men are over 50 years old. What percentage of the company are men? 1) 42% of all employees are over 50 years old 2) There are 500 employees at the company This is a WEIGHTED AVERAGE/MIXTURE problem. Sta...

Re: How much revenue did a concert venue receive from the sale of 1500 tickets, some of which were sold at a discounted

How much revenue did a concert venue receive from the sale of 1500 tickets, some of which were sold at a discounted price? (1) The number of tickets sold at the discounted price was 20% of the total number of tickets sold. (2) The full price for a ticket was twice that of the discounted price. Stat...

Re: one of only eight

In June of 1989, Princeton Township approved a developer's plans to build 300 houses on a large portion of the 210-acre site of the Battle of Princeton, one of only eight Revolutionary War battlefields that had remained undeveloped (A) one of only eight Revolutionary War battlefields that had remai...

Re: Two runners are racing on a circular track that is 500 m long. They start from the same point on the track

Two runners are racing on a circular track that is 500 m long. They start from the same point on the track and run in the same direction. The ratio of their speeds is 2 : 3. The faster runner travelled a total distance of 8 km. How many times did the runners meet each other on the track? (1 km = 10...

Re: Exponents/Powers

The prompt should indicate that x, y and z are PRIME NUMBERS. Which of the following, if multiplied by \(x^3 y^2 z\), would yield a product that is both a perfect cube and a perfect power of five? A. \(x^5y^{15}z^{15}\) B. \(x^{12} y^{13} z^{14}\) C. \(x^2 y z^2\) D. \(x^2 y^3 z^4\) E. \(y z^2\) For...

When x is divided by y, the remainder is R. Give this information, the smallest possible value for x will always be the remainder R. A Number when divided by 225 gives a remainder of 32. What will be the remainder when same number is divided by 15? a.4 b.3 c.2 d.1 Smallest option for the number = 3...