Quant thread for CAT 2011

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  Reya

  No takers??
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  Ankita Katdare

  I found this part a bit confusing:
  
  

  sells the mixture at Rs.8 per kg with tea costing Rs.7 per kg. and sells the mixture at Rs.8 per kg

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  Saandeep Sreerambatla

  Is the answer 19 : 24 ??
  
  If yes I will give you the detailed explanation.
  
  If my answer is incorrect, I dont want to confuse others with a invalid solution.
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  Reya

  @sandy: Your answer is wrong!
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  yadavundertaker mohit

  if the profit is 15/2 (7.5%) then i also get the same answer as ES 19:24
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  Reya

  No the answer is wrong! Anyone there to give the correct answer?
  
  If not,I ll post the answer here.
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  ISHAN TOPRE

  Is the answer 2:15? 2 parts of Rs. 8 tea and 15 parts of Rs. 7 tea?
  I will post the solution if you say it is correct.
  
  Besides I found this part confusing too.

  sells the mixture at Rs.8 per kg with tea costing Rs.7 per kg. and sells the mixture at Rs.8 per kg

  Please clarify. 😀
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  Reya

  @Akd,Ishu: I just repeated the line again!
  
  The question should be like
  
  A dealer mixes tea costing Rs.8 per kg with tea costing Rs.7 per kg and sells the mixture at Rs.8 per kg and earns a profit of Rs 15/2% on his sale price.In what proportion does he mix then?-
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  ISHAN TOPRE

  Is the answer 611/16?
  
  P.S: This is my last try. 😉
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  Reya

  Wrong!!
  
  @CT & CP: where are you?
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  cooltwins

  is it 2:3 ratio?
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  Reya

  @Madhu : You are rocking!
  
  Can you please post your method of approach?
  
  2.Find the no of triangles in an octagon having no side common with the octagon?
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  cooltwins

  Method:
  A dealer mixes tea costing Rs.8 per kg with tea costing Rs.7 per kg and sells the mixture at Rs.8 per kg and earns a profit of Rs 15/2% on his sale price.In what proportion does he mix then?
  
  i think ES and Yadav made mistake in that bold part only...
  15/2 = (SP-CP)/SP*100
  so putting SP=8 => CP=7.4
  
  then it is the usual allegation procedure to get the ratio 😀
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  CIVILPRINCESS

  is it 10? i'm not sure though...
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  Sahithi Pallavi

  Is it 6? I am not sure.
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  Reya

  Both of them are wrong!
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  ISHAN TOPRE

  The answer is 16.
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  Saandeep Sreerambatla

  It too think its 16.
  
  8C3 - 32-8 = 56-40= 16.
  
  @CP : Yes you are correct, the mistake was done in the bolded part 😀
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  Reya

  @ishu,sandy:Right!
  
  3.
  
  This expression is valid for a particular value of X? value of 5X?
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  Reya

  4. The ratio upto sum of n terms of the 2 A.Ps is 3n+2/4n-13.Find the ratio of 17th term of 2 A.Ps?
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  ISHAN TOPRE

  The value of 5X is -> 5*46656^(a square).
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  Reya

  ishutopre

  The value of 5X is -> 5*46656^(a square).

  Wrong ishu!
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  ISHAN TOPRE

  @Praveena: My last chance, either it is 2.78 or 2.18.
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  Reya

  @Ishu :wrong! Can you give me the value of x you arrived at?
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  ISHAN TOPRE

  2.78 is the value of X, which is also the value of natural base 'e'. So 5X is 13.591. 😔
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  Reya

  Ha Ha 😀
  
  @ishu : Wrong!
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  Saandeep Sreerambatla

  101:119 ??
  
  Logarithms are my least priority!!
  
  I have to practise a lot to get to my old momentum! I dont want to see my score card with less marks than previous years in DI and Quant.
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  Reya

  Your answer is right sandy!
  
  Give me your method of approach!
  
  Try to solve 3rd ques too.
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  Saandeep Sreerambatla

  Approach:
  
  we need , a1+16d1/a2+16d2 -----(1)
  
  Given that ratio of sum of n numbers in both the series,
  
  so, [2a1+(n-1)d1]/[2a2+(n-1)d2] = 3n+2/4n-13
  
  
  To get (1) we have to substitute n=33 , which gives 101:119
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  Reya

  3.
  
  This expression is valid for a particular value of X? value of 5X?

  No takers for 3rd quest??
  
  5.a0, a1, a2, a3..an are (n + 1) vertices of a regular polygon. And functions f(x) and g(x) are defined in such a way that. f(n) = Total number of diagonals in a regular polygon of (n + 1) sides and g(n) = Total number of triangles that can be made using the vertices of the (n + 1) sided regular polygon, as its vertices (None of the sides of the triangle should be common with that of polygon.) If f(n) = 5, then what is the value of g(n)?
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  CIVILPRINCESS

  qn. 3: is it 30?
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  Reya

  @CP: Right!
  
  Post your method of approach!
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  CIVILPRINCESS

  the given expression can be written as a^(log (base 6) x ^ (log (base 4) a) ) = log (base 4) 256 = 4
  (log (base 4) a)= (log (base 6) x ^ (log (base 4) a) = (log (base 4) a) * (log (base 6) x) => (log (base 6) x)=1 => x=6 ==> 5x =30 😀
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  CIVILPRINCESS

  English-Scared

  It too think its 16.
  
  8C3 - 32-8 = 56-40= 16.

  i don't understand the part in bold. can you please explain a little more in detail ? 😀
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  Saandeep Sreerambatla

  If you consider a octagon, it has 8 points.
  We can draw straight lines from one end to other end 5 lines, which gives you 4 traingles.
  
  so , total 8 points which gives you 32 triangles with one side of the octagon.
  
  Next from center you can draw 8 lines where you get 8 more triangles.
  
  total of 40.
  
  So, in an regular octagon you can have 8C3 triangles.
  
  so its 16.
  
  Hope I am clear, I am not sure of the process but this is what I got when I was trying 😀
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  Reya

  6.A car travels from B at a speed of 20 km/hr. The bus travel starts from A at a time of 6 A.M. There
  is a bus for every half an hour interval. The car starts at 12 noon. Each bus travels at a speed of 25 km/hr. Distance between A and B is 100 km. During its journey, The number of buses that the car encounter is ?
  
  PS: I'm not sure of the answer. I want to check my answer😔
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  Saandeep Sreerambatla

  By counting I got the answer as 19 buses.
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  cooltwins

  yeah i also got 19...
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  Reya

  I too got the same answer.
  
  7.X is a number of more than 4 digits.The digits of X increase from left to right.What can be sum of digits of number 9X?
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  Saandeep Sreerambatla

  5 = 0.
  
  The number of diagonals for a n side regular polygon = n(n-3)/2
  which gives n = 5.
  
  So in order to draw a triangle without touching any of the side, we need more than 5 sides.
  
  So there will be Zero triangles in this case.
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  cooltwins

  praveena211

  7.X is a number of more than 4 digits.The digits of X increase from left to right.What can be sum of digits of number 9X?

  is it 9? 😐
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  Reya

  yes you are right!
  
  post your method of approach😀
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  Saandeep Sreerambatla

  7. Answer is 9. For digits not more than 9.
  
  Its a very big tedious process, I dont remember correctly. Will try posting it tomorrow.
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  Saandeep Sreerambatla

  IS the answer for Question 5 correct?
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  Reya

  8.Sandeep is planning to attend wedding.He starts at a specific time and specific speed so as to be there at the exact time.he was driving for exactly 1 hour when his car had a flat tyre.He changed the tyre in 10 minutes.He started driving the remaining distance @ 40 km/h.he was late for the wedding by 30 minutes.If the puncture had happened 25 km later,he would be late for wedding by 20 min.what is the total dist. travelled by him?
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  Reya

  ASsuming the number is N.
  N = a(n)a(n - 1).....a(0), where 0 < a(n) < a(n - 1) < .... < a(0) < 10
  ->0 < a(k) - a(k + 1) < 10 ----(1)
  N = a(n)10ⁿ + .... + a(2)10² + a(1)10 + a(0)
  9N = 9*10ⁿa(n) + .... + 900a(2) + 90a(1) + 9a(0)
  
  Now, 9*10ⁿa(n) can be written as 10^(n + 1)a(n) - 10ⁿa(n)
  9*10^(n - 1)a(n - 1) can be written as 10ⁿa(n - 1) - 10^(n - 1)a(n - 1)
  .
  .
  900a(2) can be written as 1000a(2) - 100a(2)
  90a(1) can be written as 100a(1) - 10a(1)
  9a(0) can be written as 10a(0) - a(0)
  Then subtract 10 and add 10 and keep all numbers of form 10^k together
  Write coefficient of 10 as a(0) - a(1) - 1 and that of 1 as 10 - a(0)
  
  So, it will become
  -> 9N = 10^(n + 1)a(n) + 10ⁿ{a(n - 1) - a(n)} + ..... + 1000{a(2) - a(3)} + 100{a(1) - a(2)} + 10{a(0) - a(1) - 1} + (10 - a(0)}
  
  Using (1)equ, we will get
  Sum of digits of 9N = a(n) + {a(n - 1) - a(n)} + .. + {a(2) - a(3)} + {a(1) - a(2)} + {a(0) - a(1) - 1} + (10 - a(0))
  = 10 - 1 = 9
  
  @ES,CT : Is this the way you arrived at the result?
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  cooltwins

  thats a good way to solve it... but no, i did not 😛 i tried it using examples like 12345, 123456, 1234567 and found all of them gave the same answer "9" 😛 trial and error method 😁
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  CIVILPRINCESS

  praveena211

  8.Sandeep is planning to attend wedding.He starts at a specific time and specific speed so as to be there at the exact time.he was driving for exactly 1 hour when his car had a flat tyre.He changed the tyre in 10 minutes.He started driving the remaining distance @ 40 km/h.he was late for the wedding by 30 minutes.If the puncture had happened 25 km later,he would be late for wedding by 20 min.what is the total dist. travelled by him?

  is the answer 150 kms?
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  Reya

  @CP:wrong!
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  CIVILPRINCESS

  i think this is wrong.. but i'm getting 106.5
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  Reya

  9.A,B and C start from a point X, speeds of A,B and C are a, a+s and a+2s respectively. if A starts first and after x hours B starts, then after how many hours from starting time of B should C start so that all of them meet at the same time( in otherwords both B and C overtake A at the same time).
  (a and s are positive and non-zero values).
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  Saandeep Sreerambatla

  After, ax/a+2s hours after B starts C should start such that they reach at the same time.
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  Saandeep Sreerambatla

  Solution:
  Few assumptions to be made,
  t = time taken for A to reach the meeting point 😀
  x = time at which B starts after A starts (Given)
  y = time at which C starts after A starts (Given)
  
  So, Distance = Speed * time
  And, the distance travelled by all three is same.
  
  So, at = (a+s)(t-x) = (a+2s)(t-y)
  On solving first , we get => t = x(a+s)/s
  On solving second , we get => y = 2st/(a+2s)
  Putting the value of t above will give,
  y = 2sx(a+s)/s(a+2s)
  
  The question asked is y-x:
  
  So, the solution is ax/a+2s.
  
  I think its correct 😀
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  cooltwins

  but i got the answer as x... 😐
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  Saandeep Sreerambatla

  Explain your procedure too, lets see where did I or you went wrong 😀
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  cooltwins

  I'm not able to find a mistake in my approach: identify if any,
  
  as B starts x minutes after A, A would have travelled some distance = ax
  
  so now B must cover that distance + some distance that A will cover from the time B also starts = ax+D (say)
  
  from the time B starts, both take the same time,
  and time=dist/speed
  
  so, D/a = (D+ax)/(a+s) =>x*(a)^2=Ds -------(1)
  
  now let C start some time y after A starts,
  so as usual, by the time C starts A would have covered ay distance,
  
  so, D/a = (D+ya)/(a+2s) => y*(a)^2=2Ds-----(2)
  
  using (1),(2) => y=2x
  
  but that is the time at which C should start after A starts but the question is after B starts => 2x-x =x
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  ISHAN TOPRE

  My answer to Q8 in post number 46 by Praveena.
  
  My answer is the distance between Sandeep's home and the wedding place is 73.333Km. I will post solution upon confirmation by Praveena that my answer is correct. 😀
  
  P.S: It is better to reach late than meet an accident in a hurry. Drive safe Sandeep. 😛
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  Reya

  @CP: You are very close to the answer!
  
  Post your procedure if you wanna know where you went wrong!
  
  @Ishu: Your answer is wrong!
  
  @Sandy : You gave the right answer 😀
  
  @CT : Finding out your mistake!
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  cooltwins

  is the answer for the Q8 129.54?
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  CIVILPRINCESS

  for qn 8)
  
  I got (25/v)-(25/40)=(10/60)
  => (25/v)=19/24 => v=600/19.
  
  then the distance traveled in first one hour is 600/19.
  
  if after 25 km the time delay reduced by 10 mins. after 50 km there will be no delay.
  
  so the total distance is 600/19 + 50. so i got 106.9.
  
  just tell me is my velocity correct...
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  Reya

  Distance travelled in first one hour is wrong!
  
  Check it! It should be 600/11.
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  Saandeep Sreerambatla

  @Praveena: I would request you to post few more questions till this weekend.
  I would be updating another thread with 5 questions per day starting August 1st .
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  Reya

  How many 10 digit positive integers with distinct digits are multiples of 11111 ???
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  cooltwins

  none? 😕 😉
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  Reya

  @Cooltwins : wrong!
  
  Use divisibility rule 😀