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1.ThereisaequilateraltrianglewhoseareaisA.Anothertriangleisformedbyjoiningthemidpoints.Thisprocess

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iscontinued.Findthesumoftheseareas.

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LetABCisanequilateraltrianglewitharea=A
Remember:Theareaofthetriangleformedwhenmidpointsofthetriangleisjoinedisexactlyonefourthofthe
biggertriangle.SoAreaofDEF=A/4.SimilarlyAreaofGHI=A/16andsoon...
SoSumoftheareasofalltriangles=A +

A
+

4
1

A (1 +

+
4

+. . .)

16

TheseriesinthebracketisG.P.andS
A

+. . .
16

a
=

1 r

2.ProbabilityofCristianoRonaldoscoringapenaltyistwicethantheprobabilityofmissingit.InaWorldcuphe
takes5penalties,Whatistheprobabilityofscoring3penaltiesamongthe5?
a)5*2*((2/3)^3*(1/3)^2)
b)1((2/3)^3*(1/3)^2)
c)1((2/3)^2*(1/3)^3)
d)Noneoftheabove.
Answer:a
Explanation:
WehavetouseBinomialdistributiontosolvethisquestionasRonaldoscoringpenaltyandnotscoringpenaltyare
Dichotomousinnature.
Success+Failure=1
2x+x=1
Sox=1/3
Probabilityofscoringapenalty=p=2/3andNotscoringit=q=1/3
Probabilityofscoringexactly'r'of'n'trials=P (x = r) =
P (x = 3) =

=10.(

2
C3 . (

) .(
3

) .(
3

C r. p . q

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3.Howmanysuch4consecutivenumbersaretherelessthan1000whenaddedgivesasumwhichisdivisibleby
10?Forexample,16+17+18+19=70.
Answer:
Explanation:
Letthenumbersben,n+1,n+2,n+3.
Sumofthesenumbers=4n+6.
Let4n+6=10k
Son=

10k 6

=2k 1 +

2k 2

=2k 1 +

k 1

Soktakesonlyoddnumbers.
Fork=1,n=1
Fork=3,n=6
Fork=5,n=11
....
....
Finalvalueofn=996.
Sototalvalues==

l a

996 1
+ 1 =

+ 1

=200

4.1,2,3,4,5,6,7arearrangedsuchthatsumoftwosuccessivenumbersisaprimenumber.Forexample,1234765
(i.e.1+2=3,2+3=5,3+4=7....)
1.Howmanysuchpossiblecombinationsoccur?
2.Howmanypossiblecombinationoccursiffirstnumberis1/7andlastnumberis7/1(i.e1xxxxx7or7xxxxx1)?
3.Howmanynumberswillcomeon4thposition(xxx_xxx)?
Explanation:
Wehavetofollowasystematicapproachforthisquestion.Weknowthatifatalltwoconsecutivenumbersbe
prime,theyshouldnotbeeveninthefirstplace.Sowearrangeevennumbersinevenplaces,oddnumbersinodd
places.
2shouldnothave7asitsneighbor
4shouldnothave5asitsneighbor
6shouldnothave3asitsneighbor
Case1:
__2____4____6__
x7x7,5x5,3x3
Sofix,3or1inbetween2and4.Wegetthefollowingoptionswithreversecasealso.
5234167,7614325
5234761,1674325
1234765,5674321
3214765,5674123

Case2:
__2____6____4__
x7x7,3x3,5x5

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5216743,3476125
3256147,7416523
3256741,1476523
1256743,3476521

Case3:
__4____2____6__
x5x5,7x7,3x3

3412567,7652143
7432165,5612347
7432561,1652347
1432567,7652341
Answer1:Totalpossibilitiesare24.
Answer2:4possibilities.
Answer3:3possibilities.

5.Findtheremainderwhen4*4!+5*5!+6*6!+...................+19*19!isdividedby64.
1)32
2)38
3)40
4)Cannotbedetermined.
Explanation:
8*8!anditssubsequenttermsareexactlydivisibleby64.Ashighestpowerof2in64is6andhighestpowerof2in
8!is7whichisgreaterthan6.Sowehavetofindtheremaidnerwhen4*4!+5*5!+6*6!+7*7!isdividedby64
whichis40.
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