question: 30 pens and 75 pencils were purchased for 510. If the average price of a pencil was 2.00, find the average price of a pen.
Options:
(A) 10
(B) 11
(C) 12
(D) cannot be determined
(E) None of the above
answer: Stream of consciousness: Since average price of a pencil = 2
∴ Price of 75 pencils = 150
∴ Price of 30 pens = (510 – 150) = 360
∴ Average price of a pen = 360⁄60 = 12 The answer is (C).


q: Find the simple interest on Rs.520 for 7 months at 8 paisa per month?
Options:
(A) 277
(B) 270
(C) 291
(D) 266
(E) 121
a: Stream of consciousness: I = (520*7*8)/100 = 291 The answer is (C).


question: If the ratio of boys to girls in a class is B and the ratio of girls to boys is G; then 5 (B + G) is ?
Options:
(A) Equal to 3
(B) Less than 5
(C) More than 5
(D) Less than 1/5
(E) none of these
answer: Stream of consciousness: Let number of boys = x
Let number of girls = y
Therefore x/y = B and y/x = G
5(B + G) = 5[(x/y) + (y/x)] = 5[(x2 + y2)/xy] > 5 The answer is (A).


q: The measure of the side of a square is quadrupled. If x represents the perimeter of the original square, what is the value of the new perimeter?
Options:
(A) 3x
(B) 4x
(C) 9x
(D) 12x
(E) 27x
a: Stream of consciousness: Original perimeter = x
Hence original side = x/4
New side = 4x/4
New perimeter = 4*4x/4 = 4x The answer is (B).


question: 5, 10, 13, 26, 29, 58, 61, (....)
Options:
(A) 128
(B) 64
(C) 122
(D) 125
(E) 130
answer: Stream of consciousness: Numbers are alternatively multiplied by 2 and increased by 3
5 Ã— 2 = 10
10 + 3 = 13
13 Ã— 2 = 26
26 + 3 = 29
29 Ã— 2 = 58
58 + 3 = 61
61 Ã— 2 = 122 The answer is (C).


question: X can finish a work in 18 days. Y can finish the same work in 15 days. Yworked for 10 days and left the job. how many days does X alone need to finish the remaining work?
Options:
(A) 3
(B) 5
(C) 6
(D) 7
(E) 9
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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Stream of consciousness: Work done by X in 1 day = 1/18
Work done by Y in 1 day = 1/15
Work done by Y in 10 days = 10/15 = 2/3
Remaining work = 1 – 2/3 = 1/3
Number of days in which X can finish the remaining work = (1/3) / (1/18) = 6 The answer is (C).