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- Two wipers
What A car has two wipers which do not overlap. Each wiper has a blade of length 21 cm, sweeping through an angle 120°. Find the total area cleaned at each sweep of the blades. - One ticket 2
In a lottery 10000 tickets are sold and ten prizes are awarded. What is the probability of not getting a prize, if you buy one ticket? - Four legs of journey
A car driver covers a distance between two cities at a speed of 60 kmph and on the return his speed is 40 kmph. He goes again from the first to the second city at twice the original speed and returns at half the original return speed. Find his average spe - Work in factory
45 men can complete a work in 16 days, but after some days they started working 30 more men joined them and complete the remaining work in 6 days. How many days after the commencement of the job did 30 men joined?
- Palidrom
A number consist of two digits whose product is 24. When 18 is subtracted from the number, the digits change their places. Find the number. - Reciprocals - sum
The sum of two numbers is 15. If the sum of their reciprocals is 5/18, find the numbers. - Long train
A 110 m long train crosses a tree in 3 s . How long will it take to cross 165 m long platform and 135 m long bridge, If platform and bridge are at a distance of 30 m? - A merit scholarship
Last year’s freshman class at Big State University totaled 5,307 students. Of those, 1,264 received a merit scholarship to help offset tuition costs their freshman year (although the amount varied per student). The amount a student received was N($3,454, - Clock error
How much does a watch lose per day, if its hands coincide every 64 minutes?
- Polygon with x
All lines on the picture is perpendicular. Find the perimeter of the given polygon. - The areas
The areas of two similar triangles are 12 sq cm and 48 sq cm. If the height of the smaller one is 2.1 cm, then find the height of the bigger one. - A hemispherical
A hemispherical bowl has a radius of 3.5 cm. What would be the volume of water it would contain? - Rhombus tiles
The floor of a building consists of 3000 rhombus-shaped tiles, and each of its diagonals is 45 cm and 30 cm in length. Find the cost of polishing the floor at the rate of $4 per square meter. - Simple interest
At what time will the sum be doubled at 5% per annum at simple interest?
- A shopkeeper 7
A shopkeeper bought 80 cricket bats for 2.55 euros each. He sells 20 of them at a 5% gain. What must be the gain percentage of the remaining bats to get a 10% gain overall? - An article
An article is sold at 20% profit. If it were sold at a 25% profit, then he could get USD 35 more. Then, find the article's cost price. - Twice a number
If 73 is one more than twice a number, what is 50% of the number? - Twins 2
The average age of a man and his two twin sons is 30 years. The ratio of the ages of father and one son is 5 : 2, what is the father's age? - Bags of clothes
Nathan and John are collecting clothes for a clothing drive. John collected 1/10 as many clothes as Nathan did. If Nathan collected 1/3 of a bag of clothes, how many bags of clothes did John collect?
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