question:If 85 percent of the test takers taking an old paper and pencil GMAT exam answered the first question on a given math section correctly, and 70 percent of the test takers answered the second question correctly, and 5 percent of the test takers answered neither question correctly, what percent answered both correctly?
Options:
(A) 60 %
(B) 65 %
(C) 70%
(D) 75%
(E) 80%
answer:(A)
Stream of consciousness:{Total} = {First correctly} + {Second correctly} - {Both correctly} + {Neither correctly}
100 = 85 + 70 - {Both correctly} + 5
{Both correctly} = 60.


question:There are 3 teams each with 4 basket players. How many combinations are there if we were to pick 2 players from the 3 teams such that no team was picked twice?
Options:
(A) 50
(B) 23
(C) 48
(D) 28
(E) 45
answer:(C)
Stream of consciousness:There are altogether three arrangements, which are we can select two members each from team A and B, each from team A and C, and each from team B and C. For each arrangement, there are altogether 16 possibilities (4*4) since each team has 4 players. So there are a total of 48 possibilities (16*3). I hope this method is easier for you to understand.


question:The game of blackjack is played with a deck consisting of 13 cards (one of each of the numbers 2-10, one jack, one queen, one king, and one of ace) in each of four suits: clubs, diamonds, hearts, and spades.
In a game of blackjack, if your first card is a spade, what are the odds that it is an ace?
Options:
(A) 1/52
(B) 1/26
(C) 1/13
(D) 1/4
(E) 5/13
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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(C)
Stream of consciousness:There are 13 spades, the probability that the spade we already have is an ace is therefore 1/13.