CAT Question For The Day

Q1. R is a rectangular floor completely covered with

square tiles of identical size. The tiles are of 2 colours:
Red and Blue. The tiles on the edge of the floor are red
and those in the interior are blue. There are twice as
many blue tiles as red tiles. What is the number of tiles
on any one of the edges of R?

 30
 18
 27
 28
 More than one of the above values

Explanation:
Let the number of tiles along R’s breadth and along R’s
length be x and y respectively.

Number of Blue tiles = (x–2)(y–2) Number of Red tiles =

2x+2(y–2)

Given,
(x–2)(y–2)=2[2x+2(y–2)]
xy–6x–6y=–12

Adding 36 on both the sides we get (x–6)(y–6)=24

(x–6)(y–6)=24 × 1 or 12 × 2 or 8 × 3 or 6 × 4
x=30, y=7 or x=18, y=8 or x=14, y=9 or x=12, y=10
from the given options 30 and 18 are the only
possibilities. Ans.(5)

Q2. Let a1, a2, …, a7 and N be integers such that a1 + a2 ×

101 + a3 × 102+…+ a7 × 106 = N and a1 × 106 + a2 × 105
+…+ a7 = 3N. Which of the following can be the sum of
digit of N?
 9
 11
 5
 7
 Cannot be determined

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