Monday, April 21, 2008

April - 21 - GRE Quants Que

Quants:

1. Given that xy is not equal to 0
Col A: 1/x^3+1/y^3
Col B: 1/(x+y)^3


2. The profit made by a company is given by P and the tax the company has to pay to the government is $6000 + r% of the profit over $250000. If a company has to pay 3% of its profit as tax, what is the profit made by the company?


3. If y = ax+b and y intercept is -2, Find x intercept?


4. Given a line Y = X and there is an another line L which doesn't intersect the first one anywhere(Questions is something like this and was asked to compare following)
Col A: Slope of that line L
Col B: 2


5.If p+6,q+6,r+6 has a standard Deviation 'S' then what will be the Standard Deviation for p, q, r?
a.6S+6
b.8S+18
c.6S
d. none


6. There are 20 coloured pencils in a pencil stand. The probability of choosing a yellow pencil is 0.8.There are 6 yellow pencils without an eraser. What is the probability that a yellow pencil chosen is that which has an eraser?


7. A group of 4 pumps are filling a tank. Each of the 3 smaller pumps works at 2/3rds the rate of the largest pump. If all 4 pumps work at the same time, they should fill the tank in what fraction of the time.... that it would have taken the largest pump if it operated alone?

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Monday, April 21, 2008

April - 21 - GRE Quants Que

Quants:

1. Given that xy is not equal to 0
Col A: 1/x^3+1/y^3
Col B: 1/(x+y)^3


2. The profit made by a company is given by P and the tax the company has to pay to the government is $6000 + r% of the profit over $250000. If a company has to pay 3% of its profit as tax, what is the profit made by the company?


3. If y = ax+b and y intercept is -2, Find x intercept?


4. Given a line Y = X and there is an another line L which doesn't intersect the first one anywhere(Questions is something like this and was asked to compare following)
Col A: Slope of that line L
Col B: 2


5.If p+6,q+6,r+6 has a standard Deviation 'S' then what will be the Standard Deviation for p, q, r?
a.6S+6
b.8S+18
c.6S
d. none


6. There are 20 coloured pencils in a pencil stand. The probability of choosing a yellow pencil is 0.8.There are 6 yellow pencils without an eraser. What is the probability that a yellow pencil chosen is that which has an eraser?


7. A group of 4 pumps are filling a tank. Each of the 3 smaller pumps works at 2/3rds the rate of the largest pump. If all 4 pumps work at the same time, they should fill the tank in what fraction of the time.... that it would have taken the largest pump if it operated alone?

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