question: A, B, C together started a business. A invested Rs.6000 for 5 months B invested Rs.3600 for 6 months and C Rs.7500 for 3 months. If they get a total profit of Rs.12350. Find the share of A?
Options:
(A) 3002
(B) 3000
(C) 3018
(D) 4000
(E) 5000
answer: Stream of consciousness: 60*5:36*6:75*3
100: 72: 75
100/247 * 12350 = 5000 The answer is (E).
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question: 100 white and black tiles will be used to form a 20x20 square pattern. If there must be at least one black tile in every row and at least one white tile in every column, what is the maximum difference between the number of black and white tiles that can be used?
Options:
(A) 75
(B) 80
(C) 85
(D) 70
(E) 95
answer: Stream of consciousness: Answer = D
Please refer diagram below
80 - 10 = 70 The answer is (D).
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question: The average of first 10 even numbers is?
Options:
(A) 19
(B) 18
(C) 16
(D) 11
(E) 17
answer: Stream of consciousness: Sum of 10 even numbers = 10 * 11 = 110
Average = 110/10 = 11 The answer is (D).
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question: Last year, Company X made q dollars in profit. Half of the profit went to the company’s founder. The rest was split evenly among his Five other partners. In terms of q, how much did each of the other partners receive?
Options:
(A) q/12
(B) q/5
(C) q/10
(D) q/7
(E) q/8
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: Profit = q
Profit to company founder = q/2
Profit to other partners = q/2
Number of other partners = 5
Profit to each partner = (q/2)/5 = q/10 The answer is (C).
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