question: Find the area of the quadrilateral of one of its diagonals is 20 cm and its off sets 9 cm and 6 cm?
Options:
(A) 288
(B) 150
(C) 77
(D) 166
(E) 1812
answer: Stream of consciousness: 1/2 * 20(9 + 6) = 150 cm2 The answer is (B).

q: Divide Rs.32000 in the ratio 3:9?
Options:
(A) 12000, 20000
(B) 12000, 200098
(C) 12000, 20007
(D) 12000, 20006
(E) 8000, 24000
a: Stream of consciousness: 3/12 * 32000 = 8000
9/12 * 32000 = 24000 The answer is (E).

question: A train of 24 carriages, each of 60 meters length, when an engine also of 60 meters length is running at a speed of 60 kmph. In what time will the train cross a bridge 1.5 km long?
Options:
(A) 5 mins
(B) 3 mins
(C) 7 mins
(D) 9 mins
(E) 2 mins
answer: Stream of consciousness: D = 25 * 60 + 1500 = 3000 m
T = 3000/60 * 18/5 = 180 sec = 3 mins The answer is (B).

q: For some integer n, n^2 - 5 is divisible by all of the following EXCEPT
Options:
(A) 41
(B) 38
(C) 29
(D) 30
(E) 31
a: Stream of consciousness: Hint: n^2-5 (n is an integer) is never multiple of 3 (try to prove this), hence 30 is out. The answer is (D).

question: Dick and Jane each saved $3,000 in 1989. In 1990 Dick saved 8 percent more than in 1989, and together he and Jane saved a total of $5,000. Approximately what percent less did Jane save in 1990 than in 1989?
Options:
(A) 8%
(B) 25%
(C) 41%
(D) 59%
(E) 70%
answer: Stream of consciousness: Dick saved = $ 3240
Jane saved = $ 1760 (jane saved $1240 less than she did the prior year)
Jane saved approximately $1240/$3000 (close to 41%) less in 1990 The answer is (C).

question: Which of the following is equal to (y+1)!/y!?
Options:
(A) y-1
(B) 1+(1/y)
(C) 1
(D) y+1
(E) y
answer:
Stream of consciousness: (y + 1)! = (y + 1) * x!
(y + 1)!/y! = y + 1 The answer is (D).