question: A football field is 9600 square yards. If 800 pounds of fertilizer are spread evenly across the entire field, how many pounds of fertilizer were spread over an area of the field totaling 3600 square yards?
Options:
(A) 450
(B) 600
(C) 750
(D) 2400
(E) 300
answer: Stream of consciousness: Answer E) 9600 yards need 1200 lbs
1 Yard will need 800/9600 = 1/12 lbs
3600 Yards will need 1/12* 3600 Yards = 300lbs The answer is (E).
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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: What approximate value should come in place of question mark (?) in the following equation
287.532 + 1894.029 657.48 = 843.095 + ?
Options:
(A) 870
(B) 790
(C) 680
(D) 770
(E) 890
answer: Stream of consciousness: ? = 285 + 1895 655 845 or, ? = 680 The answer is (C).
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question: A can do a piece of work in 4 hours; B and C together can do it in 3 hours, which A and C together can do it in 2 hours. How long will B alone take to do it?
Options:
(A) 11
(B) 77
(C) 12
(D) 99
(E) 02
answer:
Stream of consciousness: A's 1 hour work = 1/4;
(B + C)'s 1 hour work = 1/3;
(A + C)'s 1 hour work = 1/2
(A + B + C)'s 1 hour work = (1/4 + 1/3) = 7/12
B's 1 hour work = (7/12 + 1/2) = 1/12
B alone will take 12 hours to do the work. The answer is (C).
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