question: A person spends 1/3rd of the money with him on clothes, 1/5th of the remaining on food and 1/4th of the remaining on travel. Now, he is left with Rs 300. How much did he have with him in the beginning?
Options:
(A) s 200
(B) s 750
(C) s 300
(D) s 450
(E) s 550
answer: Stream of consciousness: Suppose the amount in the beginning was Rs ’x’
Money spent on clothes = Rs 1x/3 Balance = Rs 2x/3
Money spent on food = 1/5 of 2x/3 = Rs 2x/15
Balance = 2x/3 - 2x/15 = Rs 8x/15
Money spent on travel = 1/4 of 8x/15 = Rs 2x/15 = 8x/15 - 2x/15 = 6x/15 = Rs2x/5
Therefore 2x/5 = 300 = 750 The answer is (B).


q: What approximate value should come in place of question mark (?) in the following equation
287.532 + 1894.029 – 657.48 = 643.095 + ?
Options:
(A) 870
(B) 790
(C) 880
(D) 770
(E) 890
a: Stream of consciousness: ? = 285 + 1895 – 655 – 645 or, ? = 880 The answer is (C).


question: If the average (arithmetic mean) of the four numbers K, 2K + 3, 3K – 5 and 5K + 1 is 96, what is the value of K?
Options:
(A)  11
(B)  15 3/4
(C)  22
(D)  35
(E)  25 3/10
answer: Stream of consciousness: K + 2K +3 + 3K - 5 + 5K +1 = 11K -1
(11K -1)/4 = 96
11K = 96 * 4 +1 = 384 +1 = 385
K = 385 / 11 = 35. The answer is (D).


q: The total price of a kilogram each of Shimla apples and Red Delicious apples is 250 rupees more than the total price of a kilogram each of Red Delicious apples and Fuji apples. Fuji apples is how much cheaper than Shimla apples?
Options:
(A) 250
(B) 125
(C) 500
(D) 100
(E) 80
a: Stream of consciousness: (Shimla + Red Delicious) - (Red Delicious + Fuji) = 250
Shimla - Fuji = 250 The answer is (A).


question: If six persons sit in a row, then the probability that three particular persons are always together is?
Options:
(A) 1/5
(B) 1/4
(C) 1/9
(D) 1/6
(E) 1/1
answer: Stream of consciousness: Six persons can be arranged in a row in 6! ways. Treat the three persons to sit together as one unit then there four persons and they can be arranged in 4! ways. Again three persons can be arranged among them selves in 3! ways. Favourable outcomes = 3!4! Required probability = 3!4!/6! = 1/5 The answer is (C).


question: The speed of a boat in upstream is 80 kmph and the speed of the boat downstream is 100 kmph. Find the speed of the boat in still water and the speed of the stream?
Options:
(A) 90, 10 kmph
(B) 35, 27 kmph
(C) 50, 60 kmph
(D) 45, 55 kmph
(E) 45, 65 kmph
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: Speed of the boat in still water = (80+100)/2 = 90 kmph. Speed of the stream = (100-80)/2 = 10 kmph The answer is (A).