q: Solve below question 2x - 1 = 17
Options:
(A) -8
(B) -9
(C) -5
(D) -4
(E) 9
a: 1. Add 1 to both sides: 2x - 1 + 1 = 17 + 1 2. Simplify both sides: 2x = 18 3. Divide both sides by 2: 4. Simplify both sides: x = 9 The answer is (E).
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q: In wardrobe Karan has 3 trousers. One of them is grey the 2nd blue and the 3rd brown. In his wardrobe he also has 4 shirts. One of them is grey and the other 3are white. He opens his wardrobein the dark and pick out one shirttrouser pair without examination the color. What is the likelihood that neither the shirt nor the trouser is grey?
Options:
(A) 1/2
(B) 2/3
(C) 4/5
(D) 6/11
(E) 4/5
a: Probability that trouser is not grey = 2/3
Probability that shirt is not grey = 3/4
∴ Required probability = 2/3 x 3/4 = 1/2 The answer is (A).
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q: If the cost price of 50 articles is equal to the selling price of 15 articles, then the gain or loss percent is?
Options:
(A) 16
(B) 127
(C) 12
(D) 18
(E) 233
a: Percentage of profit = 35/15 * 100 = 233% The answer is (E).
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q: In a school of 850 boys, 44% of Muslims, 28% Hindus, 10% Sikhs and the remaining of other communities. How many belonged to the other communities?
Options:
(A) 176
(B) 179
(C) 153
(D) 167
(E) 107
a:

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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44 + 28 + 10 = 82%
100 – 82 = 18%
850 * 18/100 = 153 The answer is (C).
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