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PROPORTION & VARIATION
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31) What is the mean proportion of the following pair of numbers?
(a) 8 and 72 (b) 48 and 192
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32) Find the third proportion of the numbers 4 and 6 ?
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33) Find the fourth proportion of the numbers 6, 8 and 9 ?
A) 12 B) 7 C) 5 D) 14
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34) Find the mean proportion of the numbers (3+√𝟐) and (12 - √𝟑𝟐)?
A) √𝟕 B) 2√𝟕 C) 6 D) 2
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35) What is the least number that should be subtracted from 14, 20, 26 and 38, so that
the resultant numbers will be in proportion ?
A) 2 B) 4 C) 6 D) 8
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36) A and B are two numbers. If 10 is the mean proportional of A & B and 10000 is the
third proportional of A and B; what will be the value of the larger of A and B?
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37. P, Q and R are three quantities, P varies directly with the sum of Q and R. If both Q
and R decrease by 1, find the change in P.
(A) No change (B) A decrease of 2
(C) An increase of 2 (D) Cannot be determined
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38. X varies directly with 𝒀𝟐 + 18. When Y = 18, X = 18. Find Y when X = 1.
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39. The volume of a cone varies jointly as the area of its base and its height. The volume
of a cone whose base area is A sq. cm and height is 10 cm is 270 cubic cm. Find the
volume of a cone whose base area is 2A sq. cm and height is 30 cm.
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40. For a given distance, speed is inversely proportional to the time taken. Raju would
take six hours to cover it if his speed was 50 km/hr. Find the time taken (in hours) by
him to cover it if his speed was 100 km/hr.
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 6
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41. A, B and C are three quantities. A varies directly with B when C is constant. A varies
directly with C when B is constant. A = 6000 if B = 20 and C = 30. Find A if B = 40 and
C = 60.
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42. The area of a square varies with the square of its diagonal. The area of a square
whose diagonal measures eight units is 32 sq.units. Find the diagonal of a square of
area 72 sq.units (in units).
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43. X, Y and Z are three quantities. X varies inversely with Y when Z is constant. Y varies
inversely with Z when X is constant. When Y = 8, and Z = 7, X = 30. Find X if Y = 16 and
Z = 21.
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44. The monthly salary of an employee in an office varies directly with the number of
days he works in that month. An employee gets Rs. 10400 as salary in a month in which
he works for 26 days. Find his salary (in Rs) in a month in which he works for 24 days.
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45. The monthly expenses of Rajmohan on his car are partly constant and partly vary
with the number of kilometres he travels in a month. If he travels 100 km in a month
his total car expenses will be Rs.3500. If he travels 200 km in a month, his total car
expenses will be Rs.4000. If he travels 250 km in a month, what will be his total car
expenses.
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46. Once a Goldsmith divided a gold coin into four pieces with weights in the ratio of
1:2:3:4. When the pieces were sold, he got Rs.1,40,000 less. If the cost of gold varies
directly as the square of its weight, then find the original price (in Rs. lakh) of the gold
coin.
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47. A gold broke into three parts, the ratio of weight of three part is 3:4:5. The price of
gold is directly proportional to its square weight. If there is loss of Rs 23500 after
breaking gold then what was the starting price of gold (in Rs.)?
(A) 30,000 (B) 36,000 (C) 40,000 (D) 46,000
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ANSWER KEY
31) a) 24 b) 96
32) 9
33) A
34) B
35) A
36) 100
37. D
38. ± 1
39. 1620 cubic cm
40. B
41. 24000
42. 12
43. 5
44. 9600
45. Rs. 4250
46. Rs.2 Lakh
47. B
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CLICK ON THE LINK TO WATCH COMPLETE SESSION ON
“PROPORTION” :-
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CLICK ON THE LINKS TO WATCH COMPLETE SESSION – 1 & 2
ON
“VARIATION”
SESSION 1 :- https://youtu.be/WPw8WkCM1pI
SESSION 2 :- https://youtu.be/4HOmia7L0Ys
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