If the operation Q is defined by x Q y =root of xy for all positive numbers x and y, then (5 Q 45 ) Q 60= (A) 30 (B) 60 (C) 90 (D) 30 root of 15 (E) 60 root of 15 my answer is 30 Car A is 20 miles behind car B ,which is traveling in the same direction along the same route as car A. Car A is traveling at a constant speed of 58 miles per hour and car B is traveling at a constant speed of 50 miles per hour. How many hours will it take for car A to overtake and drive 8 miles ahead of car B ? (A) 1.5 (B) 2.0 (C) 2.5 (D) 3.0 (E) 3.5 my answer is 4.5 A certain company retirement plan has a “rule of 70 ” provision that allows an employee to retire when the employee’s age plus years of employment with the company total at least 70. In what year could a female employee hired in 1986 on her 32 nd birthday first be eligible to retire under this provision? (A) 2003 (B) 2004 (C) 2005 (D) 2006 (E) 2007 why I got 1986+19=2005?
A computer chip manufacturer expects the ratio of the number of defective chip to the total number of chips in all future shipments to equal the corresponding ratio for shipments S1,S2,S3,and S4 combined, as shown in the table above. What is the expected number of defective chips in a shipment of 60,000 chips ? (A) 14 (B) 20 (C) 22 (D) 24 (E) 25 Shipment | Number of defective chips in the shipment | Total number of chips in the shipment | S1 | 2 | 5,000 | S2 | 5 | 12,000 | S3 | 6 | 18,000 | S4 | 4 | 16,000 |
Last year in a group of 30 businesses, 21 reported a net profit and 15 had investments in foreign markets. How many of the businesses did not report a net profit nor invest in foreign markets last year? (1) last year 12 of the 30 businesses reported a net profit and had invest- ments in foreign markets. (2) last year 24 of the 30 businesses reported a net profit or invested in foreign markets, or both. B why not D Q13 If the average (arithmetic mean) of the assessed values of x houses is $212,000 and the average of the assessed values of y other houses is $194,000, what is the average of the assessed values of the x+y houses? (1) x+y=36 (2) x=2y A. Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient. B. Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient. C. BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient. D. EACH statement ALONE is sufficient. E. Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient. Answer: Answer C and I think B is sufficient 212x+194y/x+y=(212x+194*x/2)/x+1/2x Q8 A department manager distributed a number of pens, pencils, and pads among the staff in the department, with each staff member receiving x pens, y pencils, and z pads. How many staff members were in the department? (1) The numbers of pens, pencils, and pads that each staff member received were in the retio 2:3:4, respectively. (2) The manager distributed a total of 18 pens, 27 pencils, and 36 pads. E why not C since the number of staff should be 926 Does the decimal equivalent of P/Q, where P and Q are positive integers, contain only a finite number of nonzero digits? (1) P>Q (2) Q=8
l Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient l Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient l BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient. l EACH statement ALONE is sufficient l Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient Answer E and I thought it should be B since Q=816 From May 1 to May 30 in the same year, the balance in a checking account increased. What was the balance in the checking account on May 30? (1) If, during this period of time, the increase in the balance in the checking account had been 12 percent, then the balance in the account on May 30 would have been $504 (2) During this period of time, the increase in the balance in the checking account was 8 percent.
l Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient l Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient l BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient. l EACH statement ALONE is sufficient l Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient Answer A Q29: Is the integer n odd? (1) n is divisible by 3. (2) 2n is divisible by twice as many positive integers as n. A. Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient. B. Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient. C. BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient. D. EACH statement ALONE is sufficient. E. Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient. Answer: B and how to prove this?
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