Question: A telephone company needs to create a set of 3-digit area codes. The company is entitled to use only digits 2, 4 and 6, which can be repeated. If the product of the digits in the area code must be even, how many different codes can be created?
Options:
(A) 27
(B) 22
(C) 24
(D) 26
(E) 30
Answer: Total # of codes possible is 3*3*3 = 27. Oit of those 27 codes
The answer is (A).

Question: Two persons A and B can complete a piece of work in 30 days and 45 days respectively. If they work together, what part of the work will be completed in 3 days?
Options:
(A) 1/5
(B) 1/1
(C) 1/6
(D) 1/3
(E) 1/7
Answer: A's one day's work = 1/30
B's one day's work = 1/45
(A + B)'s one day's work = 1/30 + 1/45 = 1/18
The part of the work completed in 3 days = 3 (1/18) = 1/6.
The answer is (C).

Question: A train 495 m long is running at a speed of 63 km/hr. In what time will it pass a bridge 240 m long?
Options:
(A) 39
(B) 40
(C) 41
(D) 42
(E) 43
Answer: Speed = 63 * 5/18 = 35/2 m/sec
Total distance covered = 495 +240 = 735 m
Required time = 700 * 2/35 = 42 sec
The answer is (D).

Question: If the given two numbers are respectively 7% and 14% of a third number, then what percentage is the first of the second ?
Options:
(A) 20%
(B) 25%
(C) 18%
(D) 50%
(E) none of these
Answer:

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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Here, l = 7 and m = 14
Therefore, first number = l/m x 100% of second number = 7/14 x 100% of second number = 50% of second number
The answer is (D).