Interesting GMAT Questions – m25q02

How many integers are divisible by 3 between and inclusive?

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* 6
* 7
* 8
* 9
* 10

4 professors and 6 students are being considered for membership on a supervisory committee which must consist of 3 people. If the committee has to include at least 1 professor, how many ways can this committee be formed?

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* 36
* 60
* 72
* 80
* 100

First, consider an unconstrained version of the question: how many committees of 3 are possible? The answer is . Now subtract the number of committees that consist entirely of students i.e. . The final answer is .

The correct answer is E.