Tuesday, August 26, 2008

GRE MATH PROBLEM OF THE DAY

when ticket sales began Pat was the nth customer in the line for a ticket and a customer purchased their tickets at the rate of X customer per minute of the following which approximates the time in minute that Pat had to wait in line from the moment ticket sales began?
a)(n-1)x
b)n+x-1
c)n-1/x
d)x/n-1
e)n/x-1

8 comments:

  1. i think (n-1)/x is correct answer

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  2. for x tickets it takes 1 minute

    so for n tickets it takes n*1/x

    but here he asked time he had to wait to get his ticket so..n should be replaced with (n-1)

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  3. for x tickets it takes 1 minute

    so for n tickets it takes n*1/x

    but here he asked time he had to wait to get his ticket so..n should be replaced with (n-1)

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  4. Ok, i agree, the right answer is (n-1)/x... but i can't find it in the answers available!!!

    Option C is n-1/x not (n-1)/x

    The question states: ...which approximates...

    Which of the options available aproximates the right answer?

    I think that if my guess is correct, the answer is E

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  5. Ok, i agree, the right answer is (n-1)/x... but i can't find it in the answers available!!!

    Option C is n-1/x not (n-1)/x

    The question states: ...which approximates...

    Which of the options available aproximates the right answer?

    I think that if my guess is correct, the answer is E

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