The Ultimate Q51 Guide [Expert Level]

This is one of the most challenging types of the question that looks like a journal. This is a PS question that you should be familiar with.

It is well-known that the way to find out approximation value of a positive integer n’s square root is following;
1st approximation: select a positive integer "a" and n is divided by a.
2nd approximation: a positive integer n’s square root is the average (arithmetic mean) of a quotient and divisor.
What is the approximation positive integer n’s square root, in terms of a and n?
A. (a^2+n)/2a B. (a^2+n)/2 C. (a^2-n)/2a D. (a^2+n)/a E. (a^2+2n)/a
Answer: A
N=aQ, (a+Q)/2=(a+n/a)/2=(a^2+n)/2a

This type of questions looks very simple, but it is rather challenging. You should not underestimate the difficulty levels of PS questions (by the way this is a statistics problem).

Even for the mistake type 4 questions, they are becoming more complicated unlike simple questions in the past. For a question like the below, 1)=2), which is no and sufficient. Therefore, D is the answer.

(ex 3) If n is positive integer, is 3n+n2+1 not divisible by 3?
1) n is not multiple of 2
2) n is not multiple of 3

Answer: D


That is, questions are evolving like highly challenging questions, in which the mistake type 4 and 1 are combined. So, we should keep up with the evolving questions. In particular, integer questions are numerously given and you should carefully approach the questions, which will lead you to hit 51.