Monday, October 1, 2007

GRE MATH PROBLEM OF THE DAY

A candy assortment consists of seven flavors of
chocolate-covered creams packed in two-layered
boxes with 27 creams in each layer. The flavors are
always packed in rows so that the flavor varies with
each piece in the following order, vanilla, orange,
cherry, vanilla, raspberry, lime, pecan, cherry, lemon.
How many chocolate-covered vanilla creams are
needed to pack 200 boxes of the assortment?
(A) 600
(B) 1,200
(C) 1,800
(D) 2,400
(E) 3,600
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3 comments:

  1. SiddharthOctober 7, 2007 at 9:39 AM

    27 creams in each layer.

    Each row has 9 creams.That makes it 3 rows in each layer.

    Each row has 2 vanilla creams.So one layer has 6 vanillas in one layer.

    Two layers/one box will have 12 vanilla creams.

    200 boxes will have 200*12=2400.

    ANSWER IS D

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  2. UnknownNovember 21, 2007 at 9:37 PM

    its 2400

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 4, 2008 at 7:49 AM

    12 vanila creams 200 boxes 200*12=2400 is correct answer

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