e-con systems Puzzles Question paper C072016CAM2 Time: 45 Minutes * Steps to arrive at the answer are necessary. ‘+ Mark the answer by outlining with a box. ‘+ Mention the question number properly in your answer sheet. Questions: 1, Mother;baby and dog standing on a weighing machine and it shows 170pounds. How much does the baby weigh if the mother weighs 100 pounds more than the combined weight of the baby and the dog, and the dog weighs 60 percent less than the baby? 2. While enjoying a giddy ride at the carousel Sammy propounded a puzzle which reflects much credit to his mental abilities. "One third of the number of kids riding ahead of me, added to three-quarter of those riding behind me gives the correct number of children on this Merry-Go- Round’ is the way he puts it; how many riders were there were at this whirling circus? 1+ BLE AL + St+ 6147! +81......+29! What would be the last digit of K? 4, Aman needs to go through a train tunnel to reach the other side, He starts running through the tunnel in an effort to reach his destination as soon as possible. When he is 1/4th of the way through the tunnel, he hears the train whistle behind him. Assuming the tunnel is not big enough for him and the train, he has to get out of the tunnel in order to survive. We know that the following conditions are true. a. Ifhe runs back, he will make it out of the tunnel by a whisker. b. If he continues running forward, he will still make it out through the other end by a whisker. What is the speed of the train compared to that of the man’? 5. You are trying to cook an egg for exactly fifteen minutes, but instead of a timer, you are given ‘two ropes which burn for exactly I hour each. The ropes, however, are of uneven densities ~ i e, half the rope length-wise might take only two minutes to bum. How can you cook the egg for exactly fifteen minutes? Note: You should not fold the ropes. You can't measure length of rope and can't cut the rope. 6. If the probability of seeing a car on a highway over a period of 30mins is 0.875, what is the probability of secing a car in any 10minute interval? Assume uniform probability distribution. Page 1