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mixture contains alcohol and water in the ratio 4 : 3 . if 4 liters of water is added to the mixture , the ratio becomes 4 : 5 . find the quantity of alcohol in the given mixture .
0general
the sum of the fourth and twelfth term of an arithmetic progression is 20 . what is the sum of the first 12 terms of the arithmetic progression ?
0general
sonika bought a v . c . r . at the list price of 18,700 . if the rate of sales tax was 8 % , find the amount she had to pay for purchasing the v . c . r .
2gain
if the speed of a man is 54 km per hour , then what is the distance traveled by him in 25 seconds ?
1physics
soja finished 2 / 3 of a book . she calculated that she finished 100 more pages than she has yet to read . how long is her book ?
0general
a monkey ascends a greased pole 18 metres high . he ascends 2 metres in first minute and slips down 1 metre in the alternate minute . in which minute , he reaches the top ?
1physics
the average score of a cricketer in 10 matches is 60 and in other 15 matches is 70 . then find the average score in all the 25 matches ?
0general
one - third less than 30 % of 180 is equal to :
0general
the average of marks obtained by 120 boys was 35 . if the average of marks of passed boys was 39 and that of failed boys was 15 , the number of boys who passed the examination is ?
0general
a whale goes on a feeding frenzy that lasts for 5 hours . for the first hour he catches and eats x kilos of plankton . in every hour after the first , it consumes 3 kilos of plankton more than it consumed in the previous hour . if by the end of the frenzy the whale will have consumed a whopping accumulated total 450 kilos of plankton , how many kilos did he consume on the third hour ?
0general
a sum of money is to be distributed among a , b , c , d in the proportion of 5 : 2 : 4 : 3 . if c gets $ 500 more than d , what is b ' s share ?
0general
if 5 spiders make 5 webs in 5 days , then 1 spider will make 1 web in how many days ?
1physics
10 camels cost as much as 24 horses , 16 horses cost as much as 4 oxen and 6 oxen as much as 4 elephants . if the cost of 10 elephants is rs . 150000 , find the cost of a camel ?
0general
a candidate got 31 % of the votes polled and he lost to his rival by 2451 votes . how many votes were cast ?
2gain
find the simple interest on $ 2000 for 3 years at 10 % per annum ?
2gain
an inspector rejects 10 % of the meters as defective . how many will he examine to reject 10 ?
2gain
the difference between the place value and the face value of 4 in the numeral 854973 is
0general
the mean of 50 observations was 36 . it was found later that an observation 29 was wrongly taken as 23 . the corrected new mean is :
0general
shawn invested one half of his savings in a bond that paid simple interest for 2 years and received $ 550 as interest . he invested the remaining in a bond that paid compound interest , interest being compounded annually , for the same 2 years at the same rate of interest and received $ 605 as interest . what was the value of his total savings before investing in these two bonds ?
2gain
what percent is 350 gm of 1 kg ?
2gain
7 people average age is 30 . youngest person age is 3 . find average of the people when youngest was born .
0general
the average of first five multiples of 8 is :
0general
what is value of ( ( 2 ^ 5 ) * ( 9 ^ 2 ) ) / ( ( 8 ^ 2 ) * ( 3 ^ 5 ) ) = ?
0general
two circular frames are kept one above the other . frame x has a diameter of 16 cm and frame y has a diameter of 12 cm . what fraction of the surface of frame x is not covered by frame y ?
3geometry
a car gets 40 kilometers per gallon of gasoline . how many gallons of gasoline would the car need to travel 140 kilometers ?
1physics
in some quantity of ghee , 60 % of pure ghee and 40 % of is vanaspati . if 10 kg of pure ghee is added , then the strength of vanaspati ghee becomes 20 % . the original quantity was ?
2gain
jack and jill are marathon runners . jack can finish a marathon ( 42 km ) in 6 hours and jill can run a marathon in 4.2 hours . what is the ratio of their average running speed ? ( jack : jill )
1physics
( 128.5 x 4 ) + ( 13.8 x 5 ) = ? x 10
0general
when a natural number n is successively divided by 12 , 34 the remainders are 56 , 78 . what will be the sum of the remainders if the order of the division is reversed ?
0general
speed of a boat in still water is 5 km / hr and speed of the stream is 2 kmph . a man rows to a place at a distance of 252 km and comes back to the starting point the total time taken by him is .
1physics
each week , harry is paid x dollars per hour for the first 30 hours and 1.5 x dollars for each additional hour worked that week . each week , james is paid x dollars per per hour for the first 40 hours and 2 x dollars for each additional hour worked that week . last week james worked a total of 42 hours if harry and james were paid the same amount last week , how many hours did harry work last week ?
0general
some of 50 % - intensity red paint is replaced with 25 % solution of red paint such that the new paint intensity is 35 % . what fraction of the original paint was replaced ?
2gain
the shopkeeper increased the price of a product by 25 % so that customer finds it difficult to purchase the required amount . but somehow the customer managed to purchase only 64 % of the required amount . what is the net difference in the expenditure on that product ?
0general
an engineer undertakes a project to build a road 10 km long in 30 days and employs 30 men for the purpose . after 10 days , he finds only 2 km of the road has been completed . find the ( approximate ) number of extra men he must employ to finish the work in time .
1physics
the number 155 can be written as the sum of the squares of 3 different positive integers . what is the sum of these 3 integers ?
3geometry
two digits in john ' s age are the same as the digit in the wilson ' s age , but in reverse order . in 21 years john will be twice as old as wilson will be then . what is the difference in their current age ?
0general
a cab driver 5 days income was $ 45 , $ 50 , $ 60 , $ 65 , $ 70 . then his average income is ?
0general
if a : b is 3 : 4 and b : c is 4 : 5 then a : c is equal to
0general
in a box of 9 pencils , a total of 2 are defective . if a customer buys 3 pencils selected at random from the box , what is the probability that neither pencils will be defective ?
0general
what profit percent is made by selling an article at a certain price , if by selling at 2 / 3 rd of that price , there would be a loss of 18 % ?
2gain
8 identical machines , working alone and at their constant rates , take 6 hours to complete a job lot . how long would it take for 6 such machines to perform the same job ?
1physics
by selling an article at rs . 800 , a shopkeeper makes a profit of 25 % . at what price should he sell the article so as to make a loss of 40 % ?
2gain
milk contains 10 % water . what content of pure milk should be added to 20 liters of milk to reduce this to 5 % ?
2gain
it takes avery 3 hours to build a brick wall while tom can do it in 2 hours . if the two start working together and after an hour avery leaves , how much time will it take tom to complete the wall on his own ?
1physics
salesperson a ' s compensation for any week is $ 360 plus 6 percent of the portion of a ' s total sales above $ 2,000 for that week . salesperson b ' s compensation for any week is 8 percent of a ' s total sales for that week . for what amount of total weekly sales would both salepeople earn the same compensation ?
0general
a car gets 40 kilometers per gallon of gasoline . how many gallons of gasoline would the car need to travel 200 kilometers ?
1physics
at a monthly meeting , 3 / 5 of the attendees were males and 7 / 8 of the male attendees arrived on time . if 9 / 10 of the female attendees arrived on time , what fraction of the attendees at the monthly meeting did not arrive on time ?
0general
there are 15 boys and 10 girls in a class . if three students are selected at random , in how many ways that 1 girl and 2 boys are selected ?
4probability
12 men can complete a piece of work in 25 days . in how many days can 20 men complete that piece of work ?
1physics
consider a lady took a loan from a bank at the rate of 12 % p . a . simple interest . after 3 years she had to pay rs . 7200 interest only for the period . the principal amount borrowed by her was
2gain
how many pages do you need if you have to write 150 lines of information into pages that each hold 30 lines ?
0general
a dog takes 10 leaps for every 2 leaps of a hare . if one leap of the dog is equal to 2 leaps of the hare , the ratio of the speed of the dog to that of the hare is :
5other
a train running at the speed of 60 km / hr crosses a pole in 9 seconds . what is the length of the train ?
1physics
triangle xyz is an isosceles right triangle . if side xy is longer than side yz , and the area of the triangle is 64 , what is the measure of side xy ?
3geometry
a sum of money lent out at s . i . amounts to rs . 780 after 2 years and to rs . 1020 after a further period of 5 years . the sum is ?
0general
there are 40 balls which are red , blue or green . if 15 balls are green and the sum of red balls and green balls is less than 25 , at most how many red balls are there ?
0general
the sale price of an article including the sales tax is rs . 616 . the rate of sales tax is 10 % . if the shopkeeper has made a profit of 13 % , then the cost price of the article is :
2gain
in order to obtain an income of rs . 580 from 15 % stock at rs . 100 , one must make an investment of
2gain
a shopkeeper sold an article offering a discount of 4 % and earned a profit of 20 % . what would have been the percentage of profit earned if no discount was offered ?
2gain
the surface area of a cube is 1734 sq . cm . find its volume
3geometry
apple street begins at peach street and runs directly east for 3.2 kilometers until it ends when it meets cherry street . apple street is intersected every 200 meters by a perpendicular street , and each of those streets other than peach street and cherry street is given a number beginning at 1 st street ( one block east of peach street ) and continuing consecutively ( 2 nd street , 3 rd street , etc . . . ) until the highest - numbered street one block west of cherry street . what is the highest - numbered street that intersects apple street ?
1physics
a bag contains 8 red , 6 blue and 4 green balls . if 2 ballsare picked at random , what is the probability that both are red ?
5other
a , b and c completed a piece of work , a worked for 6 days , b for 9 days and c for 4 days . their daily wages were in the ratio of 3 : 4 : 5 . find the daily wages of c , if their total earning was $ 1480 ?
1physics
the average salary of the employees in a office is rs . 120 / month . the avg salary of officers is rs . 440 and of non officers is rs 110 . if the no . of officers is 15 , then find the no of nonofficers in the office .
0general
what is the sum of the multiples of 5 from 80 to 140 , inclusive ?
0general
a rectangular field is to be fenced on three sides leaving a side of 30 feet uncovered . if the area of the field is 720 sq . feet , how many feet of fencing will be required ?
3geometry
jack and jill are marathon runners . jack can finish a marathon ( 42 km ) in 5 hours and jill can run a marathon in 4.2 hours . what is the ratio of their average running speed ? ( jack : jill )
1physics
a bottle contains a certain solution . in the bottled solution , the ratio of water to soap is 3 : 2 , and the ratio of soap to salt is three times this ratio . the solution is poured into an open container , and after some time , the ratio of water to soap in the open container is halved by water evaporation . at that time , what is the ratio of water to salt in the solution ?
5other
at a party , 13 guests brought wine and 14 guests brought beer . if exactly 11 guests brought only one of the two types of drinks , how many guests brought both types of drinks ?
5other
a sum of money is put out at compound interest for 2 years at 20 % . it would earn rs . 482 more if the interest were paid half - yearly . calculate the sum .
0general
a broker invested her own money in the stock market . during the first year , she increased her stock market wealth by 75 percent . in the second year , largely as a result of a slump in the stock market , she suffered a 30 percent decrease in the value of her stock investments . what was the net increase or decrease on her overall stock investment wealth by the end of the second year ?
2gain
farm tax is levied on the 50 % of the cultivated land . the tax department collected total $ 3840 through the farm tax from the village of mr . william . mr . william paid only $ 480 as farm tax . the percentage of total land of mr . willam over the total taxable land of the village is :
0general
the total number of digits used in numbering the pages of a book having 266 pages is
0general
the ratio of incomes of two person p 1 and p 2 is 5 : 4 and the ratio of their expenditures is 3 : 2 . if at the end of the year , each saves rs . 1400 , then what is the income of p 1 ?
5other
the value of a machine depreciates at the rate of 10 % every year . it was purchased 3 years ago . if its present value is rs 8,748 , its purchase price was ?
2gain
a new home buyer pays 4 % annual interest on her first mortgage and 9 % annual interest on her second mortgage . if she borrowed a total of $ 340,000 , 80 % of which was in the first mortgage , what is her approximate monthly interest payment ?
0general
a mixture of 150 liters of wine and water contains 10 % water . how much more water should be added so that water becomes 25 % of the new mixture ?
0general
what is the difference between the local values of 8 in the number 58408 ?
0general
three numbers are in the ratio of 2 : 3 : 4 . if the sum of the squares of the extremes is 180 , then the middle number is :
0general
the area of a parallelogram is 147 sq m and its base is thrice the corresponding height . then the length of the base is ?
3geometry
a contractor undertakes to complete the construction of a tunnel 720 meters long in 240 days and employs 60 men for the purpose . after 120 days , he finds that only 240 meters of the tunnel is complete . how many more men should be employ in order to complete the work in time ?
1physics
a certain automobile company ’ s best - selling model is the speedster . the speedster , like all of their other models , comes in coupe and convertible styles . 2 / 3 of the current inventory is speedsters , of which 4 / 5 are convertibles . if there are 50 vehicles that are not speedsters , how many speedster convertibles are there ?
1physics
if there are 4 peanuts in a box and mary puts 12 more peanuts inside , how many peanuts are in the box ?
0general
4 dice are thrown and the sum of the numbers noted is 10 . find the probability that all the numbers lie between 2 and 5 ( both inclusive ) ?
5other
a truck covers a distance of 200 metres in 1 minute whereas a bus covers a distance of 100 kms in 50 minutes . the ratio of their speeds is ?
1physics
a reduction of 30 % in the price of oil enables a house wife to obtain 9 kgs more for rs . 900 , what is the reduced price for kg ?
2gain
in how many ways 6 boys and 4 girls can be seated in a row so that they are alternative ?
4probability
total dinning bill of 7 people was $ 139.00 and 10 % tip divided the bill evenly ? what is the bill amount each person shared .
0general
city x has a population 3 times as great as the population of city y , which has a population twice as great as the population of city z . what is the ratio of the population of city x to the population of city z ?
0general
in how many ways can 22 books on english and 20 books on hindi be placed in a row on a shelf so that two books on hindi may not be together ?
4probability
what is the dividend ? the divisor is 800 , the quotient is 594 , and the remainder is - 968 .
0general
working independently , tina can do a certain job in 12 hours . working independently , ann can do the same job in 9 hours . if tina works independently at the job for 8 hours and then ann works independently , how many hours will it take ann to complete the remainder of the jobs ?
1physics
sum of 24 odd numbers is ?
0general
set x consists of all two - digit primes and set y consists of all positive odd multiples of 9 less than 100 . if the two sets are combined into one , what will be the range of the new set ?
0general
the duplicate ratio of 6 : 4 is ?
5other
find 4 + 7 + 10 + 13 + 16 + . . . up to 20 terms
0general
there are 10 slate rocks , 11 pumice rocks , and 4 granite rocks randomly distributed in a certain field . if 2 rocks are chosen at random and without replacement , what is the probability that both rocks will be slate rocks ?
5other
if 100 % of j is equal to 25 % of k , 150 % of k is equal to 50 % of l , and 125 % of l is equal to 75 % of m , then 20 % of m is equal to what percent of 200 % of j ?
2gain
a room of 5 m 44 cm long and 3 m 74 cm broad is to be paved with squre tiles . find the least number of squre tiles required to cover the floor .
1physics
5 % of men have unlisted phone numbers and 4 % of women have unlisted phone numbers . population ratio of men : women in the city of gpuzzles is 4 : 3 . if we select randomly 100 people from the phone directory , can you tell us how many people selected will definitely have unlisted phone numbers ?
5other