GRE Questions

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If the price is reduced by 15 %, then the new price will be 0.85D

If this new price is further reduced by 10%, the discounted price will be 0.9 x 0.85D = 0.765D

A person one who writes books, stories or articles is called as an author.

Given 5x - 6 = 3x - 8

5x - 3x = -8 + 6

2x = -2

=> x = -1.

My father's brother's only sibling is my father. My father's mother is my grandmother. My sister's only brother is myself. So she is my Grandmother.

First girl facing North
Then she rotates 100 deg clock wise => 10 deg ES
Then again she rotates 190 deg anti clock wise => for 100 deg it is North and more 90 deg means West.
Therefore, the new direction of the girl is West.

Four tenths = 0.4

Five thousandths = 0.005

The average is (0.4 + 0.005)/2 = 0.2025

Here the given pair of words are related in such a way that they are synonyms.

That is Genuine and Authentic are synonyms and similarly, Mrage and illusion are synonyms.

Hence, Genuine : Authentic : : Mirage : Illusion.

From the given data,

12 children 16 days work,
One child’s one day work = 1/192.

8 adults 12 days work,
One adult’s one day’s work = 1/96.

Work done in 3 days = ((1/96) x 16 x 3) = 1/2

Remaining work = 1 – 1/2 = 1/2

(6 adults+ 4 children)’s 1 day’s work = 6/96 + 4/192 = 1/12

1/12 work is done by them in 1 day.

1/2 work is done by them in 12 x (1/2) = 6 days.