Saturday, April 4, 2009

GRE Question on demand

If 15 people contributed a total of $20.00 toward a gift and each of them contributed at least $1.00, then the maximum possible amount any one person could have contributed is
(A) $1.00
(B) $1.25
(C) $5.00
(D) $6.00
(E) $20.00


sent by: AAKASH SHARMA

9 comments:

  1. choice D is the correct answer

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  2. Ya D is correct for sure very easy
    coz atleast 1 is given by ever1 so max will be 20-15+1

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  3. D. I wish there were some probability questions - these are so easy I'll never be ready!

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  5. @john...these r easy?how about these?1.a parallelogram is such that all its vertices lie on circumference of a circle..2such congruent parallelograms are joined along one of the congruent edges to form a third figure,which is??
    kite,rhombus,parallelo,rectangle,trapezoid....


    ans:rectangle...

    i cant quite form the image in my mind...can sum1 plz draw it?



    2.200 gms of a solution was10%sugar by weight.500gms were replaced by a second solution resulting in a solution tat was 16% sugar by weight.the second solution was what percent sugar by weight?
    34,24,22,18,8.5%
    ans is 34%


    3.one alloy of metal contains 90%copper &10%tin.another alloy contains 95%copper&5%tin.if tet r mixed so that the moxture contains 9%tin then wht %of copper will it contain?
    90,65,85,75,80
    ans:75

    shudnt it b 100-9=91%??
    plz explain!!



    4.2clocks show the same time at 4pm.the 1st clock loses 10mins every2hrs &2nd gains 10mins evry hour..after how many hrs will both show the same time again?
    ans:48hrs


    5.a boy was counting lovebirds in his cage.when he counted 2 birds at a time 1 lovebird was left.when he tried to count3birds at a time,2were left.when he tried to count 4,3 were left.find th no of birds if the no is somewhere betwb 40-50..
    ???????????????????
    42,45,47,49,none....
    \ans:47
    what sort of question is this??i cnt comprehend a word of it

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