Tuesday, August 18

arithmetic reasoning help problems

Arithmetic reasoning help is for students who are preparing for test or competitive exams.We will have 4 options for each question ,in which we have to choose one correct answer.Let's see one of these kind of examples.

Question:-

A doctor can treat 4 cancer patients per hour; however stroke patients need 3 times as much of the doc's time. If the doctor treats patients 6 hours a day and has already treated 10 cancer patients and 3 stroke patients today, how many more stroke patients can the doctor treat?

A.1 B.2 C.3 D. 5

Answer:-

Let's see what is an expert online tutor explain us.

5,5' is the average of 5' and 6': (5 + 6)/2 = 5,5

One would expect that the height of the average is the average of the heights:Height converter will help us with this.

(110 + 170)/2 = 140



HEIGHT WEIGHT
5' 110
6' 170

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I could just multiply 5x60 to find the LBS of a 5' person, why is this given? I tell you, that's "military math"...

Anyway, let's talk about that doctor:

"4 cancer patients per hour" => one quarter of an hour per cancer patient.

"3 times as much" for stroke patients => three quarters of an hour per stroke patient.

"has already treated 10 cancer patients and 3 stroke patients today" => has already consumed 10 quarters plus 3x3=9 quarters of his time. Makes 19 quarters altogether.

"the doctor treats patients 6 hours a day" => the doctors has 6x4=24 quarters of an hour at his disposal per day.

But he already spent 19 quarters => he has 24-19=5 quarters of an hour still available today.

How many stroke patients fit in 5 quarters of an hour? You already know from above that each stroke patient consumes 3 quarters.

So the answer is "c".

Wednesday, August 12

How to find the equation of a line which is passing through two points

Question:-

Find the equation of line passing through the points(-1,7)and (0,15)

Answer:-
Step 1:-

finding the slope of line = m

                      y2-y1     15-7         8
Formula to find slope ------- = ------- = ------ = 8
                      x2-x1     0-(-1)      0+1

so ,slope of a line is 8

step 2:-

The point slope form of equation (y-y1)=m(x-x1)

We know that (x1,y1) is (-1,7)

and m=8

So (y-7)=m-(x-(-1))

(y-7)=8(x+1)

y-7=8x+8
+7   +7
---------
y=8x+15

step 3:-

The equation of the line becomes

             y=8x+15

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