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I'm posting the next set of medium/hard PS questions. I'll post OA's with detailed explanations after some discussion. Please, post your solutions along with the answers. Good luck!1. A password on Mr. Wallace's briefcase consists of 5 digits. What is the probability that the password contains exactly three digit 6?A. 860/90,000 B. 810/100,000 C. 858/100,000 D. 860/100,000 E. 1530/100,000 Solution: baker-s-dozen-128782-20.html#p10575022. If y=\frac{(3^5-3^2)^2}{(5^7-5^4)^{-2}}, then y is NOT divisible by which of the following?A. 6^4 B. 62^2 C. 65^2 D. 15^4 E. 52^4 Solution: baker-s-dozen-128782-20.html#p10575033. For the past k days the average (arithmetic mean) cupcakes per day that Liv baked was 55. Today Bibi joined and together with Liv they baked 100 cupcakes, which raises the average to 60 cupcakes per day. What is the value of k?A. 6 B. 8 C. 9 D. 10 E. 12 Solution: baker-s-dozen-128782-20.html#p10575044. What is the smallest positive integer k such that 126*\sqrt{k} is the square of a positive integer?A. 14 B. 36 C. 144 D. 196 E. 441 Solution: baker-s-dozen-128782-20.html#p10575055. There are 7 red and 5 blue marbles in a jar. In how many ways 8 marbles can be selected from the jar so that at least one red marble and at least one blue marble to remain in the jar?A. 460 B. 490 C. 493 D. 455 E. 445 Solution: baker-s-dozen-128782-20.html#p10575076. A pool has two water pumps A and B and one drain C. Pump A alone can fill the whole pool in x hours, and pump B alone can fill the whole pool in y hours. The drain can empty the whole pool in z hours, where z>x. With pumps A and B both running and the drain C unstopped till the pool is filled, which of the following represents the amount of water in terms of the fraction of the pool which pump A pumped into the pool?A. \frac{yz}{x+y+z}B. \frac{yz}{yz+xz-xy}C. \frac{yz}{yz+xz+xy} D. \frac{xyz}{yz+xz-xy}E. \frac{yz+xz-xy}{yz}Solution: baker-s-dozen-128782-20.html#p10575087. Metropolis Corporation has 4 shareholders: Fritz, Luis, Alfred and Werner. Number of shares that Fritz owns is 2/3 rd of number of the shares of the other three shareholders, number of the shares that Luis owns is 3/7 th of number of the shares of the other three shareholders and number of the shares that Alfred owns is 4/11 th of number of the shares of the other three shareholders. If dividends of $3,600,000 were distributed among the 4 shareholders, how much of this amount did Werner receive?A. $60,000 B. $90,000 C. $100,000 D. $120,000 E. $180,000 Solution: baker-s-dozen-128782-20.html#p10575098. A set A consists of 7 consecutive odd integers. If the sum of 5 largest integers of set A is -185 what is the sum of the 5 smallest integers of set A?A. -165 B. -175 C. -195 D. -205 E. -215 Solution: baker-s-dozen-128782-20.html#p10575129. If x and y are negative numbers, what is the value of \frac{\sqrt{x^2}}{x}-\sqrt{-y*|y|}?A. 1+y B. 1-y C. -1-y D. y-1 E. x-y Solution: baker-s-dozen-128782-20.html#p105751410. If x^2<81 and y^2<25, what is the largest prime number that can be equal to x-2y?A. 7 B. 11 C. 13 D. 17 E. 19 Solution: baker-s-dozen-128782-20.html#p105751511. In an infinite sequence 1, 3, 9, 27, ... each term after the first is three times the previous term. What is the difference between the sum of 13th and 15th terms and the sum of 12th and 14th terms of the sequence?A. 10*3^11 B. 20*3^11 C. 10*3^12 D. 40*3^11 E. 20*3^12 Solution: baker-s-dozen-128782-40.html#p105751712. x, y and z are positive integers such that when x is divided by y the remainder is 3 and when y is divided by z the remainder is 8. What is the smallest possible value of x+y+z?A. 12 B. 20 C. 24 D. 29 E. 33 Solution: baker-s-dozen-128782-40.html#p105751913. If x=\frac{(8!)^{10}-(8!)^6}{(8!)^{5}-(8!)^3}, what is the product of the tens and the units digits of \frac{x}{(8!)^3}-39?A. 0 B. 6 C. 7 D. 12 E. 14 Solution: baker-s-dozen-128782-40.html#p1057520
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harshavmrg wrote: Bunuel wrote: 9. If x and y are negative numbers, what is the value of \frac{\sqrt{x^2}}{x}-\sqrt{-y*|y|}?
A. 1+y
B. 1-y
C. -1-y
D. y-1
E. x-y
Note that \sqrt{a^2}=|a|. Next, since x<0 and y<0 then |x|=-x and |y|=-y.
So, \frac{\sqrt{x^2}}{x}-\sqrt{-y*|y|}=\frac{|x|}{x}-\sqrt{(-y)*(-y)}=\frac{-x}{x}-\sqrt{y^2}=-1-|y|=-1+y
Answer: D. Bunuel, i am confused with the answer... i have followed the method... {sq-rt[(-x)sq]/(-x) } - {sq-rt[-(-y)*mod(-y)]} {sq-rt(x2)/(-x)} - sq-rt(y2)[x/(-x)] - y-1-y since we had used the negative values before, the final answer would have to be -(y+1) which is C. Can you please explain me why we have again substituted y with -y just before the final step to give -1+y. Thanks and |y|=-y, because y<0. So you should have -(-y)=y.
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Can you explain how you got from (3^5-3^2)^2 to 3^4*(3^3-1)^2? When extracting 3^2 from (3^5-3^2), do we also square the 3^2? I know it may be simple algebra but its a bit confusing, I got 3^2(3^3-1)^2. I know thats wrong but can you explain why? Thanks. Bunuel wrote: 2. If y=\frac{(3^5-3^2)^2}{(5^7-5^4)^{-2}}, then y is NOT divisible by which of the following?
A. 6^4
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y=\frac{(3^5-3^2)^2}{(5^7-5^4)^{-2}}=(3^5-3^2)^2*(5^7-5^4)^2=3^4*(3^3-1)^2*5^8*(5^3-1)^2=3^4*26^2*5^8*124^2=2^6*3^4*5^8*13^2*31^2.
Now, if you analyze each option you'll see that only 52^4=2^8*13^4 is not a factor of y, since the power of 13 in it is higher than the power of 13 in y.
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ctiger100 wrote: Can you explain how you got from (3^5-3^2)^2 to 3^4*(3^3-1)^2? When extracting 3^2 from (3^5-3^2), do we also square the 3^2? I know it may be simple algebra but its a bit confusing, I got 3^2(3^3-1)^2. I know thats wrong but can you explain why? Thanks. Bunuel wrote: 2. If y=\frac{(3^5-3^2)^2}{(5^7-5^4)^{-2}}, then y is NOT divisible by which of the following?
A. 6^4
B. 62^2
C. 65^2
D. 15^4
E. 52^4
y=\frac{(3^5-3^2)^2}{(5^7-5^4)^{-2}}=(3^5-3^2)^2*(5^7-5^4)^2=3^4*(3^3-1)^2*5^8*(5^3-1)^2=3^4*26^2*5^8*124^2=2^6*3^4*5^8*13^2*31^2.
Now, if you analyze each option you'll see that only 52^4=2^8*13^4 is not a factor of y, since the power of 13 in it is higher than the power of 13 in y.
Answer: E. Consider this: (ab-ac)^2=(a(b-c))^2=a^2*(b-c)^2, so (3^5-3^2)^2=(3^2*(3^3-1))^2=(3^2)^2*(3^3-1)^2=3^4*(3^3-1)^2. Hope it helps.
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If x and y are negative numbers, what is the value of square root of x2/x-square root of -y∗|y|
a)1+y
b)1−y
c)−1−y
d)y−1
e)x−y
-1-lyl= -1+Y..this is ans
as it is given Y is negative.. absolute value of y will be +ve.as we know whatever the sign inside the absolute value , after taking out of absolute value it wil becum positive..
(-1-y) i think should be the ans... because when we take out y from absolute value it will be +ve...and negative sign outside absolute value will make the sign negative and the solution should be -1-y..
where i m wrong??
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sanjoo wrote: -1-lyl= -1+Y..this is ans
as it is given Y is negative.. absolute value of y will be +ve.as we know whatever the sign inside the absolute value , after taking out of absolute value it wil becum positive..
(-1-y) i think should be the ans... because when we take out y from absolute value it will be +ve...and negative sign outside absolute value will make the sign negative and the solution should be -1-y..
where i m wrong?? If you plug in a negative number for y in the equation -1+y you will see that the term will get smaller, because you'll subtracte something from -1.
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Bunuel wrote: SOLUTIONS:
1. A password on Mr. Wallace's briefcase consists of 5 digits. What is the probability that the password contains exactly three digit 6?
A. 860/90,000
B. 810/100,000
C. 858/100,000
D. 860/100,000
E. 1530/100,000
Total # of 5 digit codes is 10^5, notice that it's not 9*10^4, since in a code we can have zero as the first digit.
# of passwords with three digit 6 is 9*9*C^3_5=810: each out of two other digits (not 6) has 9 choices, thus we have 9*9 and C^3_5 is ways to choose which 3 digits will be 6's out of 5 digits we have.
P=\frac{favorable}{total}=\frac{810}{10^5}
Answer: B. Bunuel, I did a mistake while calculating 10^5 - I calculated 9*10^4. I have a doubt : when the question says "5 digit" code, doesn't it mean that numbers start from 10000? I have seen some GMATClub questions were three digit codes start from 100. Can you please help? Thanks
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voodoochild wrote: Bunuel wrote: SOLUTIONS:
1. A password on Mr. Wallace's briefcase consists of 5 digits. What is the probability that the password contains exactly three digit 6?
A. 860/90,000
B. 810/100,000
C. 858/100,000
D. 860/100,000
E. 1530/100,000
Total # of 5 digit codes is 10^5, notice that it's not 9*10^4, since in a code we can have zero as the first digit.
# of passwords with three digit 6 is 9*9*C^3_5=810: each out of two other digits (not 6) has 9 choices, thus we have 9*9 and C^3_5 is ways to choose which 3 digits will be 6's out of 5 digits we have.
P=\frac{favorable}{total}=\frac{810}{10^5}
Answer: B. Bunuel, I did a mistake while calculating 10^5 - I calculated 9*10^4. I have a doubt : when the question says "5 digit" code, doesn't it mean that numbers start from 10000? I have seen some GMATClub questions were three digit codes start from 100. Can you please help? Thanks Since we are talking about a 5-digit password and not a 5-digit number, then it can start with zero. For example a password can be 00123 or 00001. Hope it's clear.
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* Bunuel wrote: SOLUTIONS:
1. A password on Mr. Wallace's briefcase consists of 5 digits. What is the probability that the password contains exactly three digit 6?
A. 860/90,000
B. 810/100,000
C. 858/100,000
D. 860/100,000
E. 1530/100,000
Total # of 5 digit codes is 10^5, notice that it's not 9*10^4, since in a code we can have zero as the first digit.****
# of passwords with three digit 6 is 9*9*C^3_5=810:each out of two other digits (not 6) has 9 choices, thus we have 9*9 and **C^3_5 is ways to choose which 3 digits will be 6's out of 5 digits we have.
P=\frac{favorable}{total}=\frac{810}{10^5}
Answer: B. Hi Bunuel, How it would be 810 ways. 9*9*1*1*1/10^5 Why the order iwll matter in above question ? thanks
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154238 wrote: * Bunuel wrote: SOLUTIONS:
1. A password on Mr. Wallace's briefcase consists of 5 digits. What is the probability that the password contains exactly three digit 6?
A. 860/90,000
B. 810/100,000
C. 858/100,000
D. 860/100,000
E. 1530/100,000
Total # of 5 digit codes is 10^5, notice that it's not 9*10^4, since in a code we can have zero as the first digit.****
# of passwords with three digit 6 is 9*9*C^3_5=810:each out of two other digits (not 6) has 9 choices, thus we have 9*9 and **C^3_5 is ways to choose which 3 digits will be 6's out of 5 digits we have.
P=\frac{favorable}{total}=\frac{810}{10^5}
Answer: B. Hi Bunuel, How it would be 810 ways. 9*9*1*1*1/10^5 Why the order iwll matter in above question ? thanks Order matters because 12666 password differs from 66612. Check this post: baker-s-dozen-128782-60.html#p1079496 it might help.
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Bunuel wrote: 7. Metropolis Corporation has 4 shareholders: Fritz, Luis, Alfred and Werner. Number of shares that Fritz owns is 2/3 rd of number of the shares of the other three shareholders, number of the shares that Luis owns is 3/7 th of number of the shares of the other three shareholders and number of the shares that Alfred owns is 4/11 th of number of the shares of the other three shareholders. If dividends of $3,600,000 were distributed among the 4 shareholders, how much of this amount did Werner receive?
A. $60,000
B. $90,000
C. $100,000
D. $120,000
E. $180,000
Fritz owns is \frac{2}{3}rd of the shares of the other three shareholders --> Fritz owns \frac{2}{2+3}=\frac{2}{5}th of all shares;
Luis owns is \frac{3}{7}th of the shares of the other three shareholders --> Luis owns \frac{3}{3+7}=\frac{3}{10}th of all shares;
Alfred owns is \frac{4}{11}th of the shares of the other three shareholders --> Alfred owns \frac{4}{4+11}=\frac{4}{15}th of all shares;
Together those three own \frac{2}{5}+\frac{3}{10}+\frac{4}{15}=\frac{29}{30}th of all shares, which means that Werner owns 1-\frac{29}{30}=\frac{1}{30}. Hence from $3,600,000 Werner gets $3,600,000*\frac{1}{30}=$120,000.
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A. $60,000
B. $90,000
C. $100,000
D. $120,000
E. $180,000
Fritz owns is \frac{2}{3}rd of the shares of the other three shareholders --> Fritz owns \frac{2}{2+3}=\frac{2}{5}th of all shares;
Luis owns is \frac{3}{7}th of the shares of the other three shareholders --> Luis owns \frac{3}{3+7}=\frac{3}{10}th of all shares;
Alfred owns is \frac{4}{11}th of the shares of the other three shareholders --> Alfred owns \frac{4}{4+11}=\frac{4}{15}th of all shares;
Together those three own \frac{2}{5}+\frac{3}{10}+\frac{4}{15}=\frac{29}{30}th of all shares, which means that Werner owns 1-\frac{29}{30}=\frac{1}{30}. Hence from $3,600,000 Werner gets $3,600,000*\frac{1}{30}=$120,000.
Answer: D. can you explain this one... I didnot understand the way you are writing fractions of each person down..... thanks Explained here: baker-s-dozen-128782-40.html#p1059585
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Bunuel wrote: SOLUTIONS:
1. A password on Mr. Wallace's briefcase consists of 5 digits. What is the probability that the password contains exactly three digit 6?
A. 860/90,000
B. 810/100,000
C. 858/100,000
D. 860/100,000
E. 1530/100,000
Total # of 5 digit codes is 10^5, notice that it's not 9*10^4, since in a code we can have zero as the first digit.
# of passwords with three digit 6 is 9*9*C^3_5=810: each out of two other digits (not 6) has 9 choices, thus we have 9*9 and C^3_5 is ways to choose which 3 digits will be 6's out of 5 digits we have.
P=\frac{favorable}{total}=\frac{810}{10^5}
Answer: B. hi .. can you please elaborate more ? thanks in advance
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Bunuel wrote: 5. There are 7 red and 5 blue marbles in a jar. In how many ways 8 marbles can be selected from the jar so that at least one red marble and at least one blue marble to remain in the jar?
A. 460
B. 490
C. 493
D. 455
E. 445
Total ways to select 8 marbles out of 7+5=12 is C^8_{12};
Ways to select 8 marbles so that zero red marbles is left in the jar is C^7_7*C^1_5;
Ways to select 8 marbles so that zero blue marbles is left in the jar is C^5_5*C^3_7;
Hence ways to select 8 marbles so that at least one red marble and at least one blue marble to remain the jar is C^8_{12}-(C^7_7*C^1_5+C^5_5*C^3_7)=495-(5+35)=455.
Answer: D. I appreciate if you provide further classification pleaaaaaaaaaaaaase
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Bunuel wrote: 12. x, y and z are positive integers such that when x is divided by y the remainder is 3 and when y is divided by z the remainder is 8. What is the smallest possible value of x+y+z?
A. 12
B. 20
C. 24
D. 29
E. 33
Given x=qy+3, where q is a quotient, an integer \geq0. Which means that the least value of x is when q=0, in that case x=3. This basically means that x is less than y. For example 3 divided by 4 yields remainder of 3.
Thus we have that:
x is divided by y the remainder is 3 --> minimum value of x is 3;
y is divided by z the remainder is 8 --> minimum value of y is 8 and minimum value of z is one more than 8, so 9 (8 divided by 9 yields the remainder of 8);
So, the smallest possible value of x+y+z is 3+8+9=20.
Answer: B. why z is minimum= 9?
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TheNona wrote: Bunuel wrote: 12. x, y and z are positive integers such that when x is divided by y the remainder is 3 and when y is divided by z the remainder is 8. What is the smallest possible value of x+y+z?
A. 12
B. 20
C. 24
D. 29
E. 33
Given x=qy+3, where q is a quotient, an integer \geq0. Which means that the least value of x is when q=0, in that case x=3. This basically means that x is less than y. For example 3 divided by 4 yields remainder of 3.
Thus we have that:
x is divided by y the remainder is 3 --> minimum value of x is 3;
y is divided by z the remainder is 8 --> minimum value of y is 8 and minimum value of z is one more than 8, so 9 (8 divided by 9 yields the remainder of 8);
So, the smallest possible value of x+y+z is 3+8+9=20.
Answer: B. why z is minimum= 9? When m is divided by n, the remainder can be anything from 0 to (n-1). Take examples: When m is divided by 8, the remainder can 0 or 1 or 2 till 7. Can the remainder be 8? No because that means the number is divisible by 8. Say you divide 20 by 8, you get remainder 4. You divide 21 by 8, you get remainder 5. You divide 22 by 8, you get remainder 6. You divide 23 by 8, you get remainder 7. You divide 24 by 8, you get remainder 0, isn't it? The remainder will not be 8 - it will be 0. Hence if you know that the remainder when you divide m by n is 7, you can say that n must be at least 8. Similarly, when a number is divided by z and remainder is 8, z must be at least 9.
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