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# A road roller is used to press a ground of area 2200 sq.

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A road roller is used to press a ground of area 2200 sq. meter. How many rotations does it make?

(1) The diameter of the road roller is 1.75 m.

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A road roller is used to press a ground of area 2200 sq. meter. How many rotations does it make?

(1) The diameter of the road roller is 1.75 m.

In order to find out the number of rotations we need the area of the cylinder. So, we need both the height and the diameter of the cylinder(roller)

and calucaltion for the same is
Number of rotations = 2200/(2pie *r * h)

where r = 1.75/2 m and h = 2m
So, number of rotations will be 100

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23 Sep 2012, 00:57
I thnk It should b A..

because we only only circumferance or area.. by diameter we l get the radius and we can get the rotation ..!!
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A road roller is used to press a ground of area 2200 sq. meter. How many rotations does it make?

(1) The diameter of the road roller is 1.75 m.
We don't know the "height" of the cylinder. for example, a cylinder with a height of 10 will have a greater surface area than a cylinder with a height of 1. The greater the surface area, the fewer the number of revolutions it would take to cover the area.
INSUFFICIENT

This tells us nothing about the diameter of the roller. A very thin roller would need to make many more revolutions than a thick roller, as each revolution would cover more distance than with the smaller cylinder.
INSUFFICIENT

1+2)
d=1.75
h=2
2(3.14)*(.875^2) + 2(3.14)*(.875)*(2)
6.28*(.765) + 6.28*.875*2
4.8+10.99 = 15.79
SUFFICIENT

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Hi All,

This prompt is written in an awkward way and the correct answer is debatable. With the information in the 2 Facts, we know how much ground the road-roller can press per rotation of the roller. However, the 'task' of pressing 2200 square meters of ground isn't clearly described...

1) If we're meant to figure out how long it takes to press 2200 square meters in a ROW (WITH a width of 2 meters), then the math is fairly straight-forward (and the answer is C).
2) If we're meant to THINK ABOUT how the 2200 square meters are arranged (the width might be LESS than 2 meters), then the math gets more complicated and the number of rotations would change (and the answer would be E).

Whatever this question is MEANT to be asking, the Official GMAT would present the information in a more specific, detailed fashion.

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Need to find the surface area of a cylinder. We need both the radius and the height (in this case, the height)

Hence, both statements together are sufficient.

IMO C
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