q: Find the product of the local value and absolute value of 4 in 20468?
Options:
(A) 1000
(B) 1100
(C) 1200
(D) 1340
(E) 1600
a: Stream of consciousness: Local value of 4 = 4 x 100 = 400
Place value of 4 = 4
There fore = 4 x 400 = 1600 The answer is (E).


question: What will be the remainder when 17^200 is divided by 18
Options:
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4
(E) 5
answer: Stream of consciousness: 17^200 % 18
(17-18)^200 % 18
(-1)^200 % 18
1 % 18 = 1 The answer is (A).


q: The average of five results is 46 and that of the first four is 45. The fifth result is?
Options:
(A) 22
(B) 02
(C) 78
(D) 50
(E) 18
a: Stream of consciousness: 5 * 46 – 4 * 45 = 50 The answer is (D).


question: The Average of six numbers is 8. The average of the first two is 11 and the average of the last three is 4. What is the middle number?
Options:
(A) A) 15
(B) B) 8
(C) C) 6
(D) D) 14
(E) E) 9
answer: Stream of consciousness: The total of six numbers = 6X8 = 48
The total of first 2 and last 3 numbers is = 2 X 11+3 X 4 = 34
So, the middle number is (48 - 34 ) = 14 The answer is (D).


q: A man walks at a speed of 3 km/hr and runs at a speed of 6 km/hr. How much time will the man require to cover a distance of 12 km, if he completes half of the distance, i.e., (6) km on foot and the other half by running?
Options:
(A) 2.6
(B) 2.2
(C) 2.5
(D) 2
(E) 3
a: Stream of consciousness: Required time = (6)/3 + (6)/6 = 3 hours. The answer is (E).


q: One copy machine can make 30 copies a minute, and a second copy machine makes 20 copies a minute. If the two copiers work together, how long would it take them to make 2,000 copies?
Options:
(A) 20 minutes
(B) 40 minutes
(C) 45 minutes
(D) 50 minutes
(E) 55 minutes
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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Stream of consciousness: Total work done by both machines in a minute = 30 + 20 = 50 copies
Total number of copies required = 2000
Time = 2000/50 = 40 mins The answer is (B).