question: The length of a rectangle is increased by 25% and its breadth is decreased by 20%. What is the effect on its area?
Options:
(A) 10000
(B) 28869
(C) 10002
(D) 18089
(E) 10004
answer: Stream of consciousness: 100 * 100 = 10000
125 * 80 = 10000 The answer is (A).
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question: Divide Rs.32000 in the ratio 1:9?
Options:
(A) 12000, 20000
(B) 12000, 200098
(C) 12000, 20007
(D) 3200, 28800
(E) 12000, 20001
answer: Stream of consciousness: 1/10 * 32000 = 3200
9/10 * 32000 = 28800 The answer is (D).
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question: In 1 kg mixture of sand and iron, 20% is iron. How much sand should be added so that the proportion of iron becomes 10%?
Options:
(A) 1 kg
(B) 200 gms
(C) 800 gms
(D) 1.8 kg
(E) None of these
answer: Stream of consciousness: In 1 kg mixture quantity of iron = 200 gm
Let x gm sand should be added, then
10% of (1000 + x) = 200
\ x = 1000 gm = 1 kg The answer is (A).
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question: Three people took GMAT practice tests in which the minimum and maximum possible scores are 200 and 800, respectively. They each took a test 3 times, and no one scored below 400 or over 700. If the individual ranges of the three people's scores in those 3 practice tests were 40, 70 and 100, what is the difference between the maximum and minimum possible ranges of all their scores put together.
Options:
(A) 70
(B) 80
(C) 100
(D) 140
(E) 200
answer:
Stream of consciousness: According to the information in the question the maximum range would be between 400 and 700(300). The minimum range would be the greatest range for any one individual, which is listed in the problem as 100. So the difference between these would be 300-100 or 200. The answer is (E).
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