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EDIT: 1 more question added, see my last post at the end of this pageHi guys, I need help with the following three questions as i really have no clue on how to derive the answers. I greatly appreciate your help. 1. What is the greatest prime factor of 4^17 - 2^28? A. 2 B. 3 C. 5 D. 7 E. 11 2. attached Attachment: 
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Re: Three questions from the gmat prep [#permalink]
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the first question has been recently discussed here. You can do a search for that one.
I'll take a crack at the other two
problem 2.
let q and m=quotients
given:
n=3q+2, t=5m+3
what is the remainder when nt/15?
nt/15= (3q+2)(5m+3)/15=
(15qm+9q+10m+6)/15
1) (n-2)/5 is an integer
n=3q+2 so 3q/5 is an integer
since 3 and 5 are prime q must be a multiple of 5
plugging into our equation 15qm+9q+10m+6)/15, we see that the first and second terms are multiples of 15, but we dont no about the third term
so insufficient
2) t/3 is an integer so t is a multiple of 3
t=5m+3 so m must be a multiple of 3 as well
plugging into our equation 15qm+9q+10m+6)/15 we find that the first and third terms are multiples of 15 but we dont know about the second term
so insufficient
togther we know all terms are multiples of 15 and the remainder is 6
sufficient
C
problem 3.
if x is -tive then whats the sqrt of -xlxl ?
if x is -tive then -x is x and lxl is also x so the sqrt of x^2 is x
so D
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(1) Prime factor is 2.
4^17 - 2^28 = 2^34 - 2^28 = 2^6 = 64
So 2 is the only prime factor for 64
(2) Answer is C, we can derive the conclusion only with both the statements
(3) Since X < 0, it has to be a -ve number.
If X = -2
So, substitute -2 in the equation
Sqrt (-(-2)|-2|) = Sqrt (2*2) = 2
We took X = -2 and got an answer as 2, so the value will be -X
So I would go for -X, Option A
Thanks,
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vesam wrote: (1) Prime factor is 2.
4^17 - 2^28 = 2^34 - 2^28 = 2^6 = 64
So 2 is the only prime factor for 64
You can't add or subtract exponential power in addition and subtraction of bases. Powers would be added or subtracted in case of multiplication and division only. 4^17 - 2^28 = 4^17 - 4^14 = 4^14 ( 4^3 - 1) = 4^14*63 = 4^14*7*9. Greatest prime factor = 7
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Re: Three questions from the gmat prep [#permalink]
29 May 2009, 07:59
I misread the question.
Thanks for the correct answer.
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29 May 2009, 08:29
thanks a lot for the help guys, it was extremely useful. last question i have for these forums: Attachment: 
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29 May 2009, 11:18
steliossb wrote: thanks a lot for the help guys, it was extremely useful.
last question i have for these forums:
This question is already answered here gmatprep-practice-question-probability-coin-77577.html
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29 May 2009, 13:11
humans wrote: steliossb wrote: thanks a lot for the help guys, it was extremely useful.
last question i have for these forums:
This question is already answered here gmatprep-practice-question-probability-coin-77577.htmlThere is an easier approach/formula for such problems rather than working out all the possible combinations. If the probability of success in each trial is p, then the probability of r successes in n trials is ^nC_r p^r q^{n-r}Since, the question asks us to find out probability for at least 4 heads, it gives rise to two scenarios. r = 4 heads exactly or r = 5 heads exactly. And ADD the scenarios finally. We can infer from the question that probability of heads = p = 0.6, r = 4 or 5, n=5 . Obviously probability for tails = q = 0.4. Substituting ^5C_4 (0.6)^4 (0.4)^{5-4} + ^5C_5 (0.6)^5 (0.4)^{5-5}= 5 (0.6)^4 (0.4) + (0.6)^5Solving the above we get the answer E
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Re: Three questions from the gmat prep [#permalink]
29 May 2009, 15:43
vesam wrote: (1) Prime factor is 2.
4^17 - 2^28 = 2^34 - 2^28 = 2^6 = 64
So 2 is the only prime factor for 64
(2) Answer is C, we can derive the conclusion only with both the statements
(3) Since X < 0, it has to be a -ve number.
If X = -2
So, substitute -2 in the equation
Sqrt (-(-2)|-2|) = Sqrt (2*2) = 2
We took X = -2 and got an answer as 2, so the value will be -X
So I would go for -X, Option A
Thanks, oops, you're right, should be -x, my bad
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19 Dec 2010, 16:45
On question 3, I got answer as D as well. sqrt(x*-x) or sqrt(-x^2)=x right? Please advise. thanks.
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