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time to get cracking... thanks for posting
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vailad wrote: 1.B
2.A
3.B
4.D
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6.E 5 correct answers out of 6. sourabhsoni wrote: 1. B
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12. E 10 correct answers out of 12. khaadu wrote: 1-b
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12-a 7 correct answers out of 12. vinayaerostar wrote: Ans:
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1. Bonnie can paint a stolen car in x hours, and Clyde can paint the same car in y hours. They start working simultaneously and independently at their respective constant rates at 9:45am. If both x and y are odd integers, is x=y?
(1) x^2+y^2<12
(2) Bonnie and Clyde complete the painting of the car at 10:30am
The catch is that they are working independently.
stmt 1 - no relation there are can be multiple values of x and y
stmt 2 - both started at same time, finished at same time with no breaks means they have same working rate proves x = y
sufficient
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2. Is xy<=1/2?
(1) x^2+y^2=1
(2) x^2-y^2=0
My funda - Area of square is largest among all the quadilateral with same perimeter.
Stmt 1 - Only possible values of x and y are 1/Sqrt(2). So sufficient as xy = 1/2
Stmt 2 - Only says x and y are equal. Not sufficient
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sourabhsoni wrote: 1. Bonnie can paint a stolen car in x hours, and Clyde can paint the same car in y hours. They start working simultaneously and independently at their respective constant rates at 9:45am. If both x and y are odd integers, is x=y?
(1) x^2+y^2<12
(2) Bonnie and Clyde complete the painting of the car at 10:30am
The catch is that they are working independently.
stmt 1 - no relation there are can be multiple values of x and y
stmt 2 - both started at same time, finished at same time with no breaks means they have same working rate proves x = y
sufficient
Answer B The logic for (2) is not correct, (though I'm not saying that (2) is insufficient). Even if two entities have different rates if they work together they both stop when the job is done.
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3. If a, b and c are integers, is abc an even integer?
(1) b is halfway between a and c
(2) a = b - c
Funda for product abc to be even, if any one of them even then product will be even.
Stmt 1 - says b = (a+c)/2
means a+c is some even number.
E + E also results in even
O + O also results in Even and b can be anything even or odd
so not sufficient.
Stmt 2 - says a = b - c
say worst condition b an c are odd . will results in a even. or lets says any one among b or c is even then a off but since one number is even the product will be even so sufficient.
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sourabhsoni wrote: 3. If a, b and c are integers, is abc an even integer?
(1) b is halfway between a and c
(2) a = b - c
Funda for product abc to be even, if any one of them even then product will be even.
Stmt 1 - says b = (a+c)/2
means a+c is some even number.
E + E also results in even
O + O also results in Even and b can be anything even or odd
so not sufficient.
Stmt 2 - says a = b - c
say worst condition b an c are odd . will results in a even. or lets says any one among b or c is even then a off but since one number is even the product will be even so sufficient.
Answer B That's correct. +1.
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Bunuel wrote: sourabhsoni wrote: 1. Bonnie can paint a stolen car in x hours, and Clyde can paint the same car in y hours. They start working simultaneously and independently at their respective constant rates at 9:45am. If both x and y are odd integers, is x=y?
(1) x^2+y^2<12
(2) Bonnie and Clyde complete the painting of the car at 10:30am
The catch is that they are working independently.
stmt 1 - no relation there are can be multiple values of x and y
stmt 2 - both started at same time, finished at same time with no breaks means they have same working rate proves x = y
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Answer B The logic for (2) is not correct, (though I'm not saying that (2) is insufficient). Even if two entities have different rates if they work together they both stop when the job is done. ----------------------------- yes but isn't it correct to say that when they are working independently and starting at same time (as per the question) and ending at same time as per stmt 2 then they must be working at same rate - i.e. X = Y... As stmt 2 doesn't say they are not working together.
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sourabhsoni wrote: yes but isn't it correct to say that when they are working independently and starting at same time (as per the question) and ending at same time as per stmt 2 then they must be working at same rate - i.e. X = Y...
As stmt 2 doesn't say they are not working together. No, that's not correct. Again when: two or more entities (machines, people, ...) are working together they all stop working when the job is done, no matter what their respective rates are. I think that you are thrown away by the phrase "they start working simultaneously and independently", which simply means that they start at the same time and work together (obviously they will also end the work at the same time, when the work is done). Hope it's clear.
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1) statement 2 means
rate = 1/x + 1/y = 4/3 (1/[45 mins/ 60 mins]).
The only integer that would work is 1 n 3. Therefore x =/=y. Since X has to be 1 or 3 and Y is whatever X isn't.
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4. How many numbers of 5 consecutive positive integers is divisible by 4?
(1) The median of these numbers is odd
(2) The average (arithmetic mean) of these numbers is a prime number
out of 5 consecutive intergers there are only 2 option either there will 1 or 2 numbers which will divide by 4. There will 2 numbers if the first number fo sequence will be divible by 4. So we have to find out if first number is divisible by 4.
Stmt 1 - Median is odd means first number is odd ( odd , even , odd, even, odd) So sufficuent to tell that there will only 1 number which be divible by 4.
Stmt 2 - In case of consecutive numbers median is always equal to average. Numbers are positive so first numbers cannot be 0 to make 2 as median/average. Which means average/mean is odd, Again going by logic in stmt 1 first number should be odd which is also sufficient
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