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Saturday, January 20, 2007

"GRE ALGEBRA QUESTION OF THE DAY"

If the ratio of 2a to b is 8 times the ratio of b to a, then b/a could be
(A) 4
(B) 2
(C) 1
(D) 1/2
(E) 1/4

4 comments:

Varun Jeeri said...: ans. is (D) 1/2; January 20, 2007 at 10:03 PM
Unknown said...: it is 2.
(2a/b)=(8b/a)
after solving it (b^2/a^2)=4
=b/a=2; January 21, 2007 at 1:16 AM
Zuber Khan said...: It is (D)1/2
(2a/b) = (8b/a)
(b^2/a^2) = 2/8
b/a = 1/2; January 21, 2007 at 6:10 AM
Unknown said...: ans D
2a/b=8b/a
a^2/b^2=4a/b=2
b/a=1/2; January 23, 2007 at 1:56 PM

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