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Hi
This is a tricky one...
1.Alices take home pay last year was the same each month, and she saved the same fraction of her take home pay each month.The total amount of money that she had saved at the end of the year was 3 times the amount of that portion of her monthly take home pay that she did not save.If all the money that she saved last year was from her take home pay, what fraction of her take home pay did she save each month?
a.1/2
b.1/3
c.1/4
d.1/5
e.1/6
Is there a shortcut to doing this one? I figured a slightly longish way
2.What is the greatest prime factor of 4^17-4^28
a.2
b.3
c.5
d.7
e.11
Thanks
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1. I got 1/5
2. Joe, how did you get 7? Can you please explain?
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I got it all wrong.
1. 3/4 (its not in the answer choices)
2. 2047 (I dont believe it has any factors. Am I missing something? I could not factor it any less. And no answer choice divides this figure)
Any help is greatly appreciated.
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girl17 wrote: Hi
This is a tricky one...
1.Alices take home pay last year was the same each month, and she saved the same fraction of her take home pay each month.The total amount of money that she had saved at the end of the year was 3 times the amount of that portion of her monthly take home pay that she did not save.If all the money that she saved last year was from her take home pay, what fraction of her take home pay did she save each month?
a.1/2
b.1/3
c.1/4
d.1/5
e.1/6
Is there a shortcut to doing this one? I figured a slightly longish way
2.What is the greatest prime factor of 4^17-4^28
a.2
b.3
c.5
d.7
e.11
Thanks
1) i misread the q's
x=pay each month
y=save each month
x-y=amount she didnt save
12y=3(x-y)
y=1/5x
2) i simplified it to 2^34 *(-1)(2^22-1)=4194304-1=4194303
I think it is 3.
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The question is incorrectly stated, the correct question is "What is the greatest prime factor of 4^17-2^28"
A. 2
B. 2
C. 5
D. 7
E. 11
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x = amount not saved
y = amount saved per month
P= total monthly pay
3x = 12y
x = 4y
x/4 = y
P = x+y
P = 4x/4 + x/4
P = 5x/4
therefore, the portion of her take home pay that she saved each month is:
y/P = (1/4)/(5/4) = 0.25/1.25 = 1/5
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1) Ans: 1/5
2) 4^17-4^28
=> 2^34 (1-2^22)
=> -2^34 (2^10 * 2^10 * 2^2 - 1)
need to do (1024 * 1024 * 4 - 1)
hence, must be experimental question 
Me too think, the question is stated in wrong way
If I take,
4^17-2^28
=> 2^34 - 2^28
=> 2^28 (2^6 - 1)
=> 2^28 (63)
=> 2^28 (3*3*7)
Ans: 7
What's the OA girl17?
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Hi
sorry for replying so late the OA for 1 is D
and OA for 2 is also D i.e 7
thanks....
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can someone correct me pls? thanks
let x be the take home pay of Alice
and 1/y be the fraction that she saves
which means she has saved 12 * x/y for the year
and her actual take home pay was x-x/y i.e., 12 * (x-x/y) for the year
3*(12 * x/y) = 12 *(x-x/y)
=> 36x/y = (12xy-12x)/y
=> 36x = 12xy-12x
=> 48x = 12xy
=> 1/y = 1/4
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D. 1/5
Lets say the monthly income is 100, save 20 (that is 1/5)
at the end of the year total saved is 20*12 =240
Monthly NOT saved is 80, which is 3 times the annual saving.
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