question: Twenty percent of Country Y's yearly exports come from fruit exports. One-fourth of all fruit exports from Country Y are orange exports. If country Y generates $20 million from its orange exports, how much money does it generate from its yearly total of exports?
Options:
(A) $21.25m
(B) $25.5m
(C) $106.25m
(D) $400m
(E) $153m
answer: Stream of consciousness: 20/100*1/4*(total) = 20
1/20*(total) = 20
(total) = 20*20 = 400 The answer is (D).
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question: If 100!/30^n is an integer, which of the following is the greatest possible value of n?
Options:
(A) 28
(B) 24
(C) 20
(D) 15
(E) 10
answer: Stream of consciousness: 30^n = 2^n * 3^n * 5^n
100! has 97 2's, 48 3's and 24 5's
Since each of 2, 3 and 5 is required to form 30 and there are only 24 5's there can only be 24 30's in 100! The answer is (B).
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question: 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) 45%
(B) 50%
(C) 57%
(D) 64%
(E) 78%
answer: Stream of consciousness: Total number of votes polled = (1136 + 7636 + 11628) = 20400
So, Required percentage = 11628/20400 * 100 = 57% The answer is (C).
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question: A train 540 meters long is running with a speed of 54 kmph. The time taken by it to cross a tunnel 180 meters long is?
Options:
(A) 29
(B) 18
(C) 48
(D) 99
(E) 11
answer:
Stream of consciousness: D = 540 + 180 = 720
S = 54 * 5/18 = 15 mps
T = 720/15 = 48 se The answer is (C).
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