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Big cities
City A has a population of 136000 which is decreasing at the rate of 2400/yr. City B has a population of 84000 which is increasing at the rate of 1600/yr.In how years will the population of two cities become equal?
Milk bottles
A container of milk was 4/5 full. When 12 bottles of milk were taken out and 8 bottles of milk poured into it, it was 3/4 full.How many bottles of milk can the container contain?
Full-tank
A full-tank of petrol a car lasts for 10 days. If driver starts using 25% more everyday, how many days will the full-tank petrol last?
A recycling
A recycling bin contained 40 pounds of plastic in October and 50 pounds of plastic in November. By what percentage did the amount of plastic increase from October to November?
Automobil
The car traveled three quarters of the total journey at a speed of 90 km/h and the remaining part of the journey at a speed of 50 km/h. Find its average speed.
The world record
The world record for the longest dogtail is 77/100 meters. The previous record was 1/20 meter shorter than the current record. Was the previous record holder longer than 3/4 meter?
15 years
15 years hence, a man will be just 4 times as old as he was 15 years ago. Find his present age.
The dimensions
The dimensions of a rectangular piece of paper are 22 cm × 14 cm. It is rolled once across the breadth and once across the length to form right circular cylinders of biggest possible surface area. Find the difference in volumes of the two cylinders that w
Consecutive odd nums
Sum of four consecutive odd numbers is 40. Find the numbers.
The common difference 2
Find the common difference of an arithmetic progression (AP), whose first term is 5 and sum of its first 4 terms is half the sum of the next four terms.
Split 207
Split number 207 into three parts such that these are in the arithmetic progression (AP) and the product of two smaller parts is 4623.
Time and distance
A man walking at a speed of 4 km/h can reach a destination in 3 hours. If he increases his speed by 1 km/h, how much time will he save?
Spheres to cone
Two solid spheres of radii 2 cm and 4 cm are melted and recast into a cone of height 8 cm. Find the radius of the cone so formed.
A train 3
A train takes 3 hours to go from one station to another station. If its speed is decreased by 12 km/h then the journey time will increase by 45 min. What is the distance between the two stations?
The remainder
Find the remainder if 17²00 is divided by 18.
Three workers
Three people - A, B, C . A and B can do a piece of work in 18 days, B and C can do it in 24 days, A and C can do it in 36 days.In how many days B alone can finish the work?
A mobile
A mobile phone and a tablet were sold at a profit of 10% and a loss of 8% respectively . If the cost price of the mobile is 1.5 times that of the tablet what is the overall percentage earned by selling both the articles?
The difference 9
The difference of two numbers is 20 and their product is 56.25 times their difference. Find the LCM of the numbers.
A contractor 2
A contractor has to complete his contract in 92 days. 234 men were set to do the work, each of them works for 16 hours/day. After 66 days, 4/7 of the work is completed. How many additional men may be employed, so that the work may be completed in time, ea
Stocks and bonds
Mr. Cash invested $80000 in various stocks and bonds. He earned a 7% dividend on his stocks and 5% interest on his bonds, for a one year profit (both stocks and bonds) of $4,900. How much did Mr. cash invest in bonds?

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