Sunday, March 25, 2007

"ALGEBRA QUESTION OF THE DAY"

If x is both the cube and the square of an integer and x is between 2 and 200, what is the value of x?
(A) 8 (B) 16 (C) 64 (D) 125 (E) 169

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

d

Anonymous said...

Though a small man, J. Egar Hoover
appeared to be much larger behind his desk;
for, having skillfully designed his office, he
was ___________ by the perspective.
(A) augmented
(B) comforted
(C) apprehended
(D) lessened
(E) disconcerted

E

Anonymous said...

ITS A NOT E

Madhur said...

C

Unknown said...

c as 8 sq is 64
and 4 cube is 64

Admin said...

Since x is both a cube and between 2 and 200, we are looking at the integers:
23, 33, 43 , 53
which reduce to
8, 27, 64, 125
There is only one perfect square, 64 = 82 , in this set. The answer is (C).

Anonymous said...

C

Aditya Shukla said...

C.