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Kramer, the losing candidate in a two-candidate election, received 942,568 votes, which was exactly 40 percent of all the votes cast. Approximately what percent of the remaining votes would he need to have received in order to have won at least 50 percent of all the votes cast? Total Votes is (942568)/0.4 = 2356420 Now 60% votes lost or not gained is : 0.6*2356420 = 1413852 50% of total votes = 1178210 Hence we have the equation : x*1413852 = (1178210 - 942568) Solve for x , which turns out to be 16.66 % If the average (arithmetic mean) of 5 positive temperatures is x degrees Fahrenheit, then the sum of the 3 greatest of these temperatures, in degrees Fahrenheit, could be ANS: 4x the SUM of all five temperatures is 5x. * all of the temperatures are positive. we're looking at the three GREATEST temps. the three greatest temperatures must have an average of at least x (it's impossible for the three greatest values to have an average that is lower than the average for all the values). therefore, the three desired values must add up to at least 3x. Which of the following inequalities is equivalent to 2 < x < 4 ? JUST PLUG IN MIN && MAX INTO EQUATION TO TEST!!! A) x < 4 + 2 = x < 6 WRONG! x cann be greater than 3 B) x < 3 + 1 = x < 4 GOOD! yes x is less than 4 C) x < 3 - 1 = x < 2 WRONG! x can be greater than 2 but less than 4 D) x < 4 - 2 = x < 2 WRONG! same as above If it is 6:27 in the evening on a certain day, what time in the morning was it exactly 2,880,717 minutes earlier? (Assume standard time in one location.) in a day there are 24*60 = 1440 hrs. right 2880 hrs = 2 days 2880,000 = 2000 days. so ignore it. consider 717. an hour contains 60 minutes. 12 hrs contain 720 minutes. so 720 minutes earlier time would have been 6:27 (AM would be PM and vice versa) so 717 minutes earlier it would be 6:27 + 3 minutes = 6:30.
Is | x + 2 | < 3? (1) x < 1 (2) x > -5 ANS: C

The inside dimensions of a rectangular wooden box are 6 inches by 8 inches by 10 inches. A cylindrical canister is to be placed inside the box so that it stands upright when the closed box rests on one of its six faces. of all such canisters that could be

used, What is the radius, in inches, of the one that has maximum volume? consider the cuboid...it has 3 different rectangles - 6x8, 8x10 and 6x10 tht form the faces of cuboid. volume of a cylinder is pi*r^2*h if the cylinder rests on the 6x8 rectangle, then the max. diameter it can hv is 6 inches and max. height is 10 inches..hence volume = 90pi consider 8x10 face, max diameter = 8 in. and max vol = 96pi consider 6x10 face, max diameter = 6 in. and max vol = 72pi hence, max vol = 96pi when diameter = 8 in. hence the radius = 4 inches If 2x + 2x + 2x + 2x = 2n, what is x in terms of n?

we can write 2+x=n so, x=n-2 One night a certain motel rented 3/4 of its rooms, including 2/3 of its air-conditioned rooms. If 3/5 of its rooms were air-conditioned, what percent of the rooms that were not rented were air-conditioned? if 3/4 of the rooms are rented only 1/4 remains. Now 2/3 of A/C rooms are rented. Now A/C rooms are 3/5 of total . Hence the no. of total rooms that are AC and rented are : (2/3)*(3/5) = 2/5. Hence the no. of rooms that are not rented are: 3/5-2/5 = 1/5. Hence the percentage of rooms that are A/C and are not rented = (1/5)/(1/4) = 80%.

When positive integer x is divided by positive integer y, the remainder is 9. If x/y = 96.12, what is the value of y? quotient = q x=y*q +9 x=96.12 * y = 96y + .12y 9=.12y => y = 75 Is the standard deviation of the salaries of Company Ys employees greater than the standard deviation of the salaries of Company Zs employees? (1) The average (arithmetic mean) salary of Company Ys employees is greater than the average salary of Company Zs employees. (2) The median salary of Company Ys employees is greater than the median salary of Company Zs employees. E. Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient. What is the value of v^3 k^3? (1) v k > 0 => v=2, k=3 => 2^3 3^3 = -19 => v=1, k=2 => 1^3 2^3 = -7

(2) v - k = 6 => -1 - -7 = 6 -1^3 (-7)^3 = 342 => 9-3= 6 9^3 3^3 = 702 E. Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient. C(m,n) = m! / [(m-n)! n!] for nonnegative integers m and n, m n. If C(5,3) = C(5,x) and x 3, what is the value of x? x=2 C(5,3) = 5!/2!*3! C(5,x) = 5!/ x! (5-x)! 2!*3! = x!*(5-x)! either x =2 or x =3 since x=2 is not possible x =3 For example: 10C2 = 10C8 93C21 = 93C72 8C3 = 8C5 3C3 = 3C0 So, once we see that the original gives us 5C3, we automatically know that 5C2 is equivalent. This rule is particularly helpful for coin flip problems. If we recognize, for example, that the probability of getting 2 head out of 5 flips is the same as that of getting 3 heads out of 5 flips we can often save a lot of time. On a certain transatlantic crossing, 20 percent of a ships passengers held round-trip tickets and also took their cars abroad the ship. If 60 percent of the passengers with round-trip tickets did not take their cars abroad the ship, what percent of the ships passengers held round-trip tickets? => .6RT = R .2R=T

A collection of 36 cards consists of 4 sets of 9 cards each. The 9 cards in each set are numbered 1 through 9. If one card has been removed from the collection, what is the number on that card? (1) The units digit of the sum of the numbers on the remaining 35 cards is 6. (2) The sum of the numbers on the remaining 35 cards is 176. Ans: D because 4*(9+8+1) = 180 => 176 => take out 4 => same for (2) A certain roller coaster has 3 cars, and a passenger is equally likely to ride in any 1 of the 3 cars each time that passenger rides the roller coaster. If a certain passenger is to ride a roller coaster 3 times, what is the probability that the passenger will ride in each of the 3 cars? 3! different ways to arrange the 3 cars. (1/3)(1/3)(1/3) * 3! = (1/3)(1/3)(1/3)*6 = 6/27 = 2/9 There are 8 magazines lying on a table; 4 are fashion magazines and the other 4 are sports magazines. If 3 magazines are to be selected at random from 8 magazines, what

is the probability that at least one of the fashion magazines will be selected? e) 13/14 correct Ans: At least 1 of something needs to be selected => calculate 1- P(None being selected). S o let us calculate P (No fashion Magazines being selected) = 4C3/8C3 = 1/14. Hence at least one being seelcted = 1-1/14 = 13/14. What is the median number of employees assigned per project for the projects at Company Z? (1) 25 percent of the projects at Company Z have 4 or more employees assigned to each project. (2) 35 percent of the projects at Company Z have 2 or fewer employees assigned to each project. Answer: OA - C From Statement 1): It is given that 25 percent of the projects at Company Z have 4 or more employees assigned to each project - but we donot know the percentage of projects who have employees less than 4 or in other words we do not have any information about the rest 75% projects ---- hence insufficient From Statement 2): It is given that 35 percent of the projects at Company Z have 2 or fewer employees assigned to each project - but we donot know the percentage of projects who have employees more than 2 or in other words we do not have any information about the rest 65% projects---- hence insufficient Taking both the statements together: 25 percent of the projects at Company Z have employees 4 , 5, 6.. 35 percent of the projects at Company Z have employees 2, 1, 0 => 40% of projects have 3 employees = > median value is 3 (1-35)employees ------- (36-75)employees ------------- (76-100)employees 2 or less than 2 --------- 3, 3, 3, ---------- 4 or more than 4 On Saturday morning, Malachi will begin a camping vacation and he will return home at the end of the first day on which it rains. If on the first three days of the vacation the probability of rain on each day is 0.2, what is the probability that Malachi will return home at the end of the day on the following Monday? P(return on 3rd day) = P(no rain on 1st) * P(no rain on 2nd) * P(rain on 3rd) = 0.8 * 0.8 *0.2 = 0.128 If s is the product of the integers from 100 to 200, inclusive, and t is the product of the integers from 100 to 201, inclusive, what is 1/s + 1/t in terms of t? t= s*201 => 1/(t/201) +1/t = 201/t +1/t =202/t

Last year the price per share of Stock X increased by k percent and the earnings per share of Stock X increased by m percent, where k is greater than m. By what percent did the ratio of price per share to earnings per share increase, in terms of k and m? E : the earning par share P : the price of share The initial ratio is P/E, after increase the ratio will be P( 1+k%)/ E(1+m%) so the difference will be P/E * ((1+k%)/(1+m%) - 1) = P/E * ((k-m)%/(1+m)%) = 100* (k-m)/(m+100) % =>100%=1

b xx x a In the triangle above, is x > 90? (1) a2 + b2 < 15 (2) c > 4 =>If a2+b2< c2, x > 90 =>If a2+b2 > c2, x < 90. c>4 => c2 = 16 a2 + b2 < 15 => 15<16 => x>90 degree we can difine x>90. Since c>4, c^2>16. and a^2+b^2<15. 15<16. (n-x) + (n-y) + (n-c) + (n-k) What is the value of the expression above? (1) The average (arithmetic mean) of x, y, c, and k is n. (2) x, y, c, and k are consecutive integers. (n-x) + (n-y) + (n-c) + (n-k) = 4n - (x+y+c+k) Ans: a 1) if (x+y+z+k)/4=n then x+y+z+k=4n if we substitute we get 4n-4n=0 So, 1 is sufficient 2) gives us nothing because the sum of consecutive numbers can be anything. So, 2 is insufficient. The membership of a committee consists of 3 English teachers, 4 Mathematics teachers, and 2 Social Studies teachers. If 2 committee members are to be selected at random to write the committees report, what is the probability that the two members selected will both be English teachers? There are only 3 English teachers in a total of 9 teachers. Any 2 teachers can be chosen in 9C2 = 36 ways, and the favorable ways for them to be English teachers are 3C2 = 3, and hence the probability = 3/36 = 1/12. If x and y are integers and x > 0, is y > 0? (1) 7x 2y > 0 Ans: E
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(7*3 2*2) > 0 (7*3 2*-2)>0 (2) -y < x -2< 3 -(-2) < 3 A photographer will arrange 6 people of 6 different heights for photograph by placing them in two rows of three so that each person in the first row is standing in front of someone in the second row. The heights of the people within each row must increase from left to right, and each person in the second row must be taller than the person standing in front of him or her. How many such arrangements of the 6 people are possible? From the question, we can conclude that 1 must be on the lower left and 6 must be the upper right. So 2 position are fixed. Case 1: The most common Case 4: Bring 4 down and bring 3 arrangement. up 4_5_6 <--- row 2 3_5_6 1_2_3 <--- row 1 1_2_4 Case 2: Bring 5 down and bring 3 Case 5: Bring 4 down and bring 2 up up 3_4_6 2_5_6 1_2_5 1_3_4 Case 3: Bring 5 down and bring 2 5 cases total. Ans: 5 up 2_4_6 1_3_5 In June 1989, what was the ratio of the number of sales transactions made by Salesperson X to the number of sales transactions made by Salesperson Y? (1) In June 1989, Salesperson X made 50 percent more sales transactions than Salesperson Y did in May 1989. (2) In June 1989, Salesperson Y made 25 percent more sales transactions than in May 1989. May June X (1) (1+.5)Y Y Y (2) (1+.25)Y X/Y = 1.5/1.25 => Ans: C If M is the least common multiple of 90, 196, and 300, which of the following is NOT a factor of M? 90=2*5*3*3 196=2*2*7*7 300=2*2*3*5*5 LCM = 2*2*3*3*5*5*7*7 = 44100 Ans: A. 600 b/c 44100/600= 73.5 A certain club has 20 members. What is the ratio of the member of 5-member committees that can be formed from the members of the club to the number of 4member committees that can be formed from the members of the club?

The number of 5 member committees that can be formed = 20C5 The number of 4 member committees that can be formed = 20C4 (20C5/20C4)=16:5 Lists S and T consist of the same number of positive integers. Is the median of the integers in S greater than the average (arithmetic mean) of the integers in T? Ans: C (1) The integers in S are consecutive even integers, and the integers in T are consecutive odd integers. S 2,4,6 T 1,3,5 or S 2,4,6 T 1,5,9 (2) The sum of the integers in S is greater than the sum of the integers in T. S 2,4,6 T 1,3,5 or S 8,9,10 T 1,3,5 26-1 = (23-1) (23+1) For any integer k greater than 1, the symbol k* denotes the product of all the fractions of the form 1/t, where t is an integer between 1 and k, inclusive. What is the value of 5*/4*? 5* = (1/1)*(1/2)*(1/3)*(1/4)*(1/5) = 1/5! 4* = 1/4! Now we know 5*/4* = (1/5!)/(1/4!) = 4!/5! = 1/5 If a committee of 3 people is to be selected from among 5 married couples so that the committee does not include two people who are married to each other, how many such committees are possible? Total ways to select 3 people from 5 couples (10 people) = 10C3 = 120 - Ways to ensure that a couple is selected to the committee = 5C1 x 8C1 = 40 = Ways to ensure that no couple is selected to the committee = 120-40=80 *8 = a couple (2 people selected 5C1) = 10 pps - 2

2*3*y + 3*3 +x*3 = y*3*1 + 3*3*2 + x*3*2 (given that pea plot = tomato plot) => 3y +3x 9 = 6x => Given x+y+3 = 9 (since plot is square) => x +y =6 3(6) 9 =6x => x = 1.5

What is the remainder when the positive integer n is divided by 3? (1) The remainder when n is divided by 2 is 1. =insufficient (2) The remainder when n + 1 is divided by 3 is 2. => n+1 = 3a +2 => n =3a +1 so remainder is always = 1 Ans: B

A driver completed the first 20 miles of a 40-mile trip at an average speed of 50 miles per hour. At what average speed must the driver complete the remaining 20 miles to achieve an average speed of 60 miles per hour for the entire 40-mile trip? (Assume that the driver did not make any stops during the 40-mile trip.) Total distance 40 miles / total average speed 60 = 2/3 hours First 20 miles 20/50 = 2/5 hours Second half time = 2/3 -2/5 = 4/15 hours D 20 miles/(4/15 hours) = 75 miles In a survey of 200 college graduates, 30 percent said they had received student loans during their college careers, and 40 percent said they had received scholarships. What percent of those surveyed said that they had received neither student loans nor scholarships during their college careers? (1) 25 percent of those surveyed said that they had received scholarships but no loans. (2) 50 percent of those surveyed who said that they had received loans also said that they had received scholarships. Ans: D x + y = .3*200 x+y = 60 y + z = .4*200 z=80-y w + x + y + z = 200 w+60 + (80-y) = 200 w = 60 + y (1) z = .25*200=50 => sufficient (2) y = .50*200=100 => sufficient

The sum of all the integers k such that 26 < k < 24 is (not inclusively) the sum of integers, which above 0, is the sum from 1 to 23 and the sum below 0 is the sum from -1 to -25 together, the sum is -25+(-24) A certain company assigns employees to offices in such a way that some of the offices can be empty and more than one employee can be assigned to an office. In how many ways can the company assign 3 employees to 2 different offices? For each employee there are two possibilities: first office and second office. Therefore, N=2*2*2=8 OR There are total 3 employees and 2 offices. Following are the possible ways of arranging them Office A - 1; Office B - 2 (total 3 ways of doing this since there are 3 different individuals involved) Office A - 2; Office B - 1 (again, total 3 ways of doing this) Office A - 3; Office B - 0 Office A - 0; Office B - 3 Hence total number of ways is 8

Last Sunday a certain store sold copies of Newspaper A for $1.00 each and copies of Newspaper B for $1.25 each, and the store sold no other newspapers that day. If r percent of the stores revenues from newspaper sales was from Newspaper A and if p percent of the newspapers that the store sold were copies of newspaper A, which of the following expresses r in terms of p? p: store sold paper A 100 -p : store sold paper B total revenues : p *1 + (100 -P)*1.25 = 125 - 0.25P r = (1P/(125 - 0.25p) )* 100 r = 400P/(500 - P) Joanna bought only $0.15 stamps and $0.29 stamps. How many $0.15 stamps did she buy? (1) She bought $4.40 worth of stamps. (2) She bought an equal number of $0.15 stamps and $0.29 stamps. Good Question Ans: A Total amount is $4.4, let x and y the number of two types of stamps. 0.15x+0.29y=4.4 --> 15x+29y=440. The question implies x and y must be integers. The last digit of 15x must be 0 or 5 -->the last digit of 29y must be 0 or 5 and 15y<=440 -->y can be 0,5,10,15 . If y=0, 5 or 15, x can't be integer -->no, If y=10, x=10, bingo. Not fixed rule (good to know) => Because 29 is prime, the LCM of 29 and 15 is 29*15. Since the total (440) is less than 29*15+15, there is only one possible solution. Statment (1) is sufficient. If b, c, and d are constants and x2 + bx + c = (x + d)2 for all values of x, what is the value of c? (1) d = 3 (2) b = 6 Ans: D x^2 + bx + c = x^2 + 2dx+ d^2 (x + d)2 bx = 2dx => b=2d -- eqn a c = d^2 --- eqn b 1) d = 3, eqn b => c=3^2 = 9 Sufficient 2) b = 6, equ a => 6=2d d=3, eqn b c=3^2=9 Sufficient If a,b,k, and m are positive integers, is a^k a factor of b^m? 1) a is a factor of b 2) k=<m In order for a^k to be a factor of b^m, a^k must be divisible by b^m. That means that b^m needs to have k factors of a. For example, if a^k is 2^4, that means b^m must have four 2's. The way I think of it is, can I simplify (b^m)/(a^k)? If I were to write this out, it would be:

(b*b*b* ...) / (a*a*a* ...) First, the only way this would simplify is if a is a factor of b. Otherwise, we cannot cancel anything out. Secondly, if a is a unique factor of b, then we cannot have more a's than b's. So that means k must be less than or equal to m. We'll need both statements to be sufficient.