q: P can do a work in 24 days. Q can do the samework in 9 days & R can do the same work in 12 days. Q & R start the work and leave after 3 days. P finishes the remaining work in how many days.
Options:
(A) 8
(B) 10
(C) 14
(D) 16
(E) 19
a: Stream of consciousness: Work done by P in 1 day = 1/24
Work done by Q in 1 day = 1/9
Work done by R in 1 day = 1/12
Work done by Q and R in 1 day = 1/9 + 1/12 = 7/36
Work done by Q and R in 3 days = 37/36 = 7/12
Remaining work = 1 7/12 = 5/12
Number of days in which P can finish the remaining work = (5/12) / (1/24) = 10 The answer is (B).

question: The average age of 8 men increases by 2 years when two women are included in place of two men of ages 20 and 24 years. Find the average age of the women?
Options:
(A) 11
(B) 12
(C) 30
(D) 98
(E) 15
answer: Stream of consciousness: 20 + 24 + 8 * 2 = 60/2 = 30 The answer is (C).

q: A pharmaceutical company received $4 million in royalties on the first $50 million in sales of and then $12 million in royalties on the next $170 million in sales. By approximately what percentage did the ratio of royalties to sales decrease from the first $50 million in sales to the next $170 million in sales?
Options:
(A) 12%
(B) 15%
(C) 45%
(D) 52%
(E) 56%
a: Stream of consciousness: (12/170)/(4/50) = 15/17 = 88% it means that 12/170 represents only 88%. Therefore a decrease of 12%. The answer is (A).

question: Resident of town X participated in a survey to determine the number of hours per week each resident spent watching television. The distribution of the results of the survey had a mean of 21 hours and std deviation of 5 hrs. The number of hours that pat, a resident of town X, watched television last week was between 1 and 2 standard deviation below the mean. Which of the following could be the number of hours that Pat watched television last week?
Options:
(A) 30
(B) 20
(C) 18
(D) 12
(E) 6
answer: Stream of consciousness: 21-12 < no of hrs < 21-5
9< no of hrs < 16. The answer is (D).

q: John makes $60 a week from his job. He earns a raise andnow makes $78 a week. What is the % increase?
Options:
(A) 16.12%
(B) 16.66%
(C) 30%
(D) 17.66%
(E) 18.1%
a: Stream of consciousness: Increase = (18/60)*100 = (3/10)*100 = 30%. The answer is (C).

q: An archer is shooting arrows from various distances. She shoots at a target from 40 yards, 50 yards, and 60 yards. The probability that she hits within the bullseye from 40 yards is 4/5, the probability that she hits within the bullseye from 50 yards is 3/4, and the probability that she hits within the bullseye from 60 yards is 2/3. What is the probability that she hits the bullseye at least once in three shots, one from each distance listed.
Options:
(A) 39/40
(B) 49/50
(C) 59/60
(D) 9/10
(E) 14/15
a:
Stream of consciousness: The probability that she hits the bullseye at least once = 1 - (the probability that she misses the bullseye every shot)
The probability that she misses every shot = (prob that she misses from 40 yards)*(prob that she misses from 50 yards)*(prob that she misses from 60 yards)
Prob that she misses from 40 yards = 1 - 4/5 = 1/5; Prob that she misses from 50 yards = 1 - 3/4 = 1/4; Prob that she misses from 60 yards = 1 - 2/3 = 1/3
Thus the probability that she misses all shots = (1/5)*(1/4)*(1/3) = 1/60
Thus the probability that she makes at least one shot = 1 - (1/60) = 59/60 The answer is (C).