Bunuel wrote:
The next set of medium/hard DS questions. I'll post OA's with detailed explanations after some discussion. Please, post your solutions along with the answers.
1. What is the product of three consecutive integers?
(1) At least one of the integers is positive -Can not determine the values
(2) The sum of the integers is less than 6- Can not determine the values
(1)+(2)-> at least one positive and <6 so can't be 1,2,3 -> so 0 must be part of the sequence .
IMO: C
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2. If x and y are both positive integers and x>y, what the remainder when x is divided by y?
(1) y is a two-digit prime number - Can not determine the values
(2) x=qy+9, for some positive integer q - Can not determine the values
1+2=>y>9 , as y is two digit ...so remainder 9
IMO: C
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3. The length of the median BD in triangle ABC is 12 centimeters, what is the length of side AC?
(1) ABC is an isosceles triangle No idea about which sides are same
(2) AC^2 = AB^2 + BC^2 D is mid point of AC , SO AD= DC=BD = 12 => AC
IMO:B
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4. Two machines, A and B, each working at a constant rate, can complete a certain task working together in 6 days. In how many days, working alone, can machine A complete the task?
(1) The average time A and B can complete the task working alone is 12.5 days.say A can complete in x , then b in = 12.5*2 - x
hence \(\frac{1}{x}+\frac{1}{25-x}=\frac{1}{6}=> x= 15 or 10\)
(2) It would take machine A 5 more days to complete the task alone than it would take for machine B to complete the task
\(\frac{1}{x}+\frac{1}{x+5}=\frac{1}{6}=> x= 10\)
So A 15 days
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IMO: B
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5. Set A={3-2x, 3-x, 3, 3+x, 3+2x}, where x is an integer. Is the standard deviation of set A more than the standard deviation of set B={3-2x, 3-x, 3, 3+x, 3+2x, y}
(1) The standard deviation of set A is positiveNot sufficient
(2) y=3So we added 3 to the existing series , where 3 was mean=> SD will decrease
IMO: B
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6. The ratio of the number of employees of three companies X, Y and Z is 3:4:8, respectively. Is the average age of all employees in these companies less than 40 years?
(1) The total age of all the employees in these companies is 600Can 't do anything
(2) The average age of employees in X, Y, and Z, is 40, 20, and 50, respectively.can determine
\(40*3x + 20*4x + 50 *8x = total age , now dividing by 15x we can get avg age\)
IMO: B
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7. Was the average (arithmetic mean) temperature in city A in March less than the average (arithmetic mean) temperature in city B in March?
(1) The median temperature in City A in March was less than the median temperature in city BNo idea about avg
(2) The ratio of the average temperatures in A and B in March was 3 to 4, respectivelyit means Avg(A) < Avg(B)
IMO: B
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8. Two marbles are drawn from a jar with 10 marbles. If all marbles are either red of blue, is the probability that both marbles selected will be red greater than 3/5?
(1) The probability that both marbles selected will be blue is less than 1/10
say there are b blue and 10-b red=> \frac{(bC2)}{(10C2) < 0.1=> b(b-1) < 9 Not sufficient}
(2) At least 60% of the marbles in the jar are red
So Red GE 6 and Blue LE 4 => for 6 red p(selecting 2 red out of 6) = 0.33 < \frac{3}{5} but if all are red P(red) = 1 > \frac{3}{5}
so insufficient
Now adding 1+2 => blue can be 4 ,3,2,1,0 both blue should be less than 0.1 => so b can't be 4 it can only 3,2
So red balls can be 7 or 8-> no definite ans
IMO: E
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9. If x is an integer, is x^2>2x?
(1) x is a prime number.not sufficient can be 2 or 3..
(2) x^2 is a multiple of 9. =>X is a multiple of 3 when we do squaring we multiply with a multiple of 3 and whem we do 2X we multiply with 2
so x^2>2x is always true except x= 0
adding 1 +2 => x can't be zero IMO: C
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10. What is the value of the media of set A?
(1) No number in set A is less than the average (arithmetic mean) of set A. so all the numbers must be same =>median is any number of the set, sufficient to determine
(2) The average (arithmetic mean) of set A is equal to the range of set A.not sufficient
IMO: A
Please let me know how many i got correct
10 Apr 2013, 07:10
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