q: Last year, Company M made q dollars in profit. Half of the profit went to the company’s founder. The rest was split evenly among his Three other partners. In terms of q, how much did each of the other partners receive?
Options:
(A) q/4
(B) q/5
(C) q/6
(D) q/7
(E) q/8
a: Stream of consciousness: Profit = q
Profit to company founder = q/2
Profit to other partners = q/2
Number of other partners = 3
Profit to each partner = (q/2)/3 = q/6 The answer is (C).
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q: Guna has 8 flavors of ice cream in him parlor. How many options are there for Thilak to pick a one-flavor, two-flavor, three-flavor, four-flavor, five-flavor, six-flavor,seven-flavor or eight-flavor order?
Options:
(A) 223
(B) 395
(C) 448
(D) 774
(E) 835
a: Stream of consciousness: 8C1 + 8C2+ 8C3+8C4+8C5+8C6+8C7+8C8 = 395. The answer is (B).
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q: Which of the following numbers is divisible by 11?
Options:
(A) 4424
(B) 2232
(C) 1522
(D) 8524
(E) 9515
a:

Show your work and conclude with the exact phrasing "Therefore, the final answer is [answer]." where [answer] is just the final number or expression that solves the problem.
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Stream of consciousness: 9515. This is the only option with last two digits divisible by 11 The answer is (E).
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