question: The length of a rectangle is increased by 35% and its breadth is decreased by 20%. What is the effect on its area?
Options:
(A) 10800
(B) 1299
(C) 1000
(D) 10000
(E) 2887
answer: Stream of consciousness: 100 * 100 = 10000
135 * 80 = 10800 The answer is (A).
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question: Find the odd man out
4, 10, 22, 40, 84, 94
Options:
(A) 22
(B) 40
(C) 94
(D) 84
(E) 10
answer: Stream of consciousness: Differnce is multiple of 6
4 and 10 diff is 6
10 and 22 diff is 12
22 and 40 diff is 18
40+24 = 64 but in series it is mentioned as 84
64+30 = 94 The answer is (D).
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question: The number of people at Ovations Bar in the hour from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. was 25% greater than the number of people there from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. The number of the people at the bar from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. was 25% less than the number there from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. If 135 people were at the bar from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., which of the following is the number of people in the bar from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.?
Options:
(A) 10
(B) 20
(C) 30
(D) 40
(E) 80
answer: Stream of consciousness: No of people from 10 - 11 is x
No of people from 11 - 12 is 3x/4
No of people from 12 to 1 is (5/4)(3x/4)
Given that 3x/4 + (5/4)(3x/4) = 27x/16 = 135
Then x = 80 The answer is (E).
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question: Which of the options is a two-digit number, which has a unit's digit that exceeds its ten's digit by 6 and the product of the given number and the sum of its digits is equal to 136.
Options:
(A) 82
(B) 93
(C) 39
(D) 28
(E) 17
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: Using the elimination method the option that fits this description is 17
7-1 = 3 (unit's digit that exceeds its ten's digit by 3)
17*8 = 136 (the product of the given number and the sum of its digits is equal to 175) The answer is (E).
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