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1.NHAIemploys100mentobuildahighwayof2kmin50daysworking8hoursaday.Ifin25daystheycompleted

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1/3partofwork.thanhowmanymoreemployeesshouldNHAIhiretofinishitintimeworking10hoursaday?

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Explanation:
Here2kmisimmaterial.Thegivenproblemcanbewritteninatabularformlikebelow.

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Totalmenrequiredtocompletetheremainingwork=100

25

25

10

=160

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3

Soadditionalmenrequired=160100=60

2.Amixtureof125gallonsofwineandwatercontains20%ofwater.Howmuchwatermustbeaddedtothemixture
inordertoincreasethepercentageofwaterto25%ofthenewmixture?
a)10gallons
b)8.5gallons
c)8gallons
d)8.33gallons
Explanation:
Initiallywaterinthemixture=20%(125)=25
Letxgallonsofwaterbeaddedtochangetowaterconcentrationto25%or1/4
25 + x

=
125 + x
25

x =

=8.33gallons.

3.Sideofasquareis10cm.afterjoiningthemidpointofallsidesmakesaanotherinnersquareandthisprocess
goestoinfinite.Findthesumofperimeterofallsquares.
Explanation:

Youcancalculatethesideofthesmallsquareintwoways.Takehalfofthesidewhichisequalto5cm.Using
Pythagoreantheorem,x

= 5

+ 5

= 50 x = 50 = 52 =

10
2

Inanotherway,wecanequatethesquaresofthesidesofthesmallsquaretosquareofthesidewhichisequalto
10. x

2x

+ x

= 10

= 100

x = 50 = 52 =

10

Soifyouobservecarefully,thesideofthesmallsquareis

partofthesideofthebiggersquare.

10

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Sothesideofthesquareinsidethesmallsquare=

10

2
10

Soareasoftheperimeters=4 (10 +

10
+

=40 (1 +

1
+

+. . .)
2

+. . .)
2

10
= 5
2

andsoon...

ThetermsinthebracketareinGPwithecommonratioof

SoSumoftheperimeters=40

1
2

=40 (

2 1

4.Datasufficiencyquestion:
Whatwillbethepercentageprofitofsellingonelitermilk.?
1)16literofmilkissoldatcostpriceafteradding20%watertoit.
2)thecostpriceofonelitermilkisRs.16.
Explanation:
LetusassumeonelitercostsRs.1.SoC.P=Rs.16
When20%waterisadded,thentotalvolume=20liters.SoSP=20.Profitcanbecalculated.
Statement1issufficient.
Statement2isnotrequired.

5.y=x/(xk),wherekisaconstant,andxisrealnumber.showthat.
1.yincreasewithincreaseinx.
2.ydecreasesfirstandthenincreasewiththevalueofx.
3.yincreasethendecreasewiththevalueofx.
4.itremainsconstant.
Explanation:
Typicalquestion.Takingk=5andwedrawthegraph,

Ifxincreasesydecreasesbutwhenxequaltok,yvaluebecomesinfinite.Butwhenxisgreaterthank,yvalue
slowlyreachesto1.Soitdecreasefrominfiniteto1.

6.Whatisthemaximumvalueofvxyz.Ifthevalueofv,x,y,zhavetobechosenfromthesetAwhere
A(3,2,1,0,1,2,3)
a)9
b)12
c)15
d)noneofthese

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Explanation:
Tomaximizethevalueofvxyz,wemakeyznegativeandvxasmaximumaspossibleusinggivenvalue.
x

yz = (3)

(3 2)

=15

7.GivenaNumber123456,fromthisnumberputanythreevaluesinnumeratorandremainingthreearein
denominator.Sohowmanyvaluesyoucanmakefromthisnumberlessthan1/5.
1.2
2.4
3.8
4.27
Explanation:
Ifthegivenvalueis120,thendenominatorshouldbeslightlygreaterthan600.Iffor130,itis650.Soifwetake
numeratoras132,thendenominatorshouldbegreaterthan660whichisnotpossibleaswehaveonly5and4
available.Sonumeratorislessthan130.Thefollowingnumbersarepossible.
123/654,123/645,124/635,124/653,125/634,125/643.

8.Asquarewasgiven.Insidethesquaretherearewhitetilesandblacktiles.Blacktileswasamongthediagonalof
thesquareanddimensionsofbothwhiteaswellasblacktilesis1cmx1cm.Ifthereare81blacktilesinthesquare.
Thenfindthenoofwhitetilesinit.
Inasquare,numberofsquaresonthediagonalisequaltothetilesonasinglerow.Ifthereareevennumberof
squareonaside,thentotalsquaresonthediagonalis2n1,otherwise2n.Asthetotaltilesonthediagonalare
givenas81,thennumberoftilesonaside=2n1=81son=41.
Sonumberofwhitetiles=41

81 = 1681 81

=1600

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