If 85 percent of the test takers taking an old paper and pencil GMAT exam answered the first question on a given math section correctly, and 70 percent of the test takers answered the second question correctly, and 5 percent of the test takers answered neither question correctly, what percent answered both correctly?
Options:
(A) 60 %
(B) 65 %
(C) 70%
(D) 75%
(E) 80%
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{Total} = {First correctly} + {Second correctly} - {Both correctly} + {Neither correctly}
100 = 85 + 70 - {Both correctly} + 5
{Both correctly} = 60. So the answer is: (A).
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In order to obtain an income of Rs. 650 from 10% stock at Rs. 96, one must make an investment of:
Options:
(A) Rs. 3100
(B) Rs. 6240
(C) Rs. 6500
(D) Rs. 9600
(E) Rs. 8600
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To get Rs. 10, Investment is 96
To get Rs. 650, investment is (96/10)*650 = 6240 So the answer is: (B).
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3 candidates in an election and received 1136, 7636 and 11628 votes respectively. What % of the total votes did the winningcandidate got in that election?
Options:
(A) 34%
(B) 54%
(C) 57%
(D) 78%
(E) 87%
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Total number of votes polled = (1136 + 7636 + 11628) = 20400
So, Required percentage = 11628/20400 * 100 = 57% So the answer is: (C).
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