q: If the personal income tax rate is lowered from 42% to 32%, what is the differential savings for a tax payer having an annual income before tax to the tune of $42400?
Options:
(A) $3500
(B) $5000
(C) $4240
(D) $7000
(E) $10000
a: Stream of consciousness: Saving = (42-32)% of 42400 = 4240. The answer is (C).

question: In a class, the average age of 45 boys is 10 years and the average of 15 girls is 10 years. what is the average age of the whole class?
Options:
(A) 12 Years
(B) 12.3 Years
(C) 10 Years
(D) 13 Years
(E) 15 Years
answer: Stream of consciousness: Total age of 60 students
(45X 10+15 X 10) = 630
Average = 600/60 = 10 Years The answer is (C).

q: A class consists of 100 students, 20 of them are girls and 80 boys; 20 of them are rich and remaining poor; 40 of them are fair complexioned. The probability of selecting a fair complexioned rich girl is
Options:
(A) 2/125
(B) 1/59
(C) 1/56
(D) 1/54
(E) 1/53
a: Stream of consciousness: The probability of selecting girl is: 20/100 = 1/5
The probability of selecting rich is: 20/100 = 1/5
The probability of selecting fair complexioned is: 40/100 = 2/5
Three are independent;probability of rich and fair complexioned girl is:
(1/5) (1/5) (2/5) = 2/125 The answer is (A).

question: The average of 13 numbers is 60. Average of the first 7 of them is 57 and that of the last 7 is 61. Find the 8th number?
Options:
(A) 46
(B) 83
(C) 45
(D) 53
(E) 64
answer: Stream of consciousness: Sum of all the 13 numbers = 13 * 60 = 780
Sum of the first 7 of them = 7 * 57 = 399
Sum of the last 7 of them = 7 * 61 = 427
So, the 8th number = 427 + 399 - 780 = 46. The answer is (A).

q: If C is the temperature in degrees Celsins and F is the temperature in degrees Fahrenheit, then the relationship between temperatures on the two scales is expressed by the equation 9C=5(F-32). The temperature to boil water at sea level altitude and to boil on top of Mt. Everest differed by 15 degrees on the Fahrenheit scale, by how many degrees did the temperature extremes differ on the Celsius scale?
Options:
(A) a) 65/9
(B) b) 7
(C) c) 25
(D) d) 45
(E) e) 81
a: Stream of consciousness: The relationship is 9/5 - 32, so approximately half of difference in Celsius (the -32 part won't be used in this case). Just looking at the answer choices you can pick B which is the only number near half of 15. The other answer choices are too far apart so no need to calculate. The answer is (B).

q: The edge of a cube is 6a cm. Find its surface?
Options:
(A) 116a2 cm2
(B) 126a2 cm2
(C) 256a2 cm2
(D) 150a2 cm2
(E) 216a2 cm2
a:
Stream of consciousness: 6a2 = 6 * 6a * 6a = 216a2 The answer is (E).