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#6601 2020-03-30 00:34:18

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#4745. A bag contains 7 blue balls and 5 yellow balls. If two balls are selected at random, what is the probability of none is yellow?


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#6602 2020-04-01 00:29:11

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#4746. A die is thrown twice. What is the probability of getting a sum of 7 from both the throws?


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

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#6603 2020-04-03 00:23:53

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#4747. In a box, there are 8 red, 7 blue, and 6 green balls. One balls is picked up randomly. What is the probability of it being neither blue nor green?


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

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#6604 2020-04-05 00:20:00

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#4748. A bag contains 4 red, 5 yellow, and 6 pink balls. Two balls are drawn at random. What is the probability of none of the balls being drawn are yellow?


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#6605 2020-04-07 00:09:45

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#4749. A bag contains 5 red, 7 yellow, and 3 pink balls. If two balls are drawn at random from the bag, one after the other, what is the probability of the first ball being red, and the second ball being yellow?


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#6606 2020-04-09 00:45:16

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#4750. A box contains 14 eggs out of which 8 are rotten. Two eggs are chosen at random. What is the probability of none of the eggs being rotten?


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#6607 2020-04-11 00:16:09

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#4751. In a bag, there are 6 red balls, 4 green balls, and 8 yellow balls. What is the probability of drawing one ball which is neither green nor yellow?


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#6608 2020-04-13 00:17:59

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#4752. A bag contains 13 white and 7 black balls. Two balls are drawn at random. What is the probability of they being of the same color?


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#6609 2020-04-15 00:06:31

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#4753. A bag contains 3 red balls, 5 yellow balls, and 7 pink balls. If one ball is drawn at random from the bag, what is the probability of it being either pink or red?


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#6610 2020-04-17 00:32:09

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#4754. A bag contains 7 blue balls and 5 yellow balls. If two balls are selected at random, what is the probability of neither of them being yellow?


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#6611 2020-04-19 00:04:28

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#4755. How many terms are there in an Arithmetic Progression 10, 12, 14, 16, ......., 80?


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

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#6612 2020-04-21 00:03:59

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#4756. In an Arithmetic Progression 1, 3, 5, ..., which term of this Arithmetic Progression is 155?


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#6613 2020-04-23 00:09:34

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#4757. Find the 15th term of the sequence : 20, 15, 10, ....


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#6614 2020-04-25 00:03:13

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#4758. Find the sum of last 5 terms of the series 3, 8, 13, ....., 103.


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#6615 2020-04-27 00:07:12

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#4759. Find the value of the expression 1 - 6 + 3 - 10 + 5 - 14 + 7 - 18 + .... up to 100 terms.


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#6616 2020-04-29 00:20:09

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#4760. Find the value of 50 terms of

.


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#6617 2020-05-01 00:24:14

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#4761. A number 27 is divided into three parts which are in Arithmetic Progression and the sum of their squares is 261. Find the smallest one.


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#6618 2020-05-03 00:22:28

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#4762. A sum of money kept in a savings bank account amount to $1240 in 4 years and $1600 in 10 years. Find the sum (simple interest).


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#6619 2020-05-05 00:10:17

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#4763. Robert receives $600 in the first week and $30 more each week than the preceding. What does he get in the 20th week?


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#6620 2020-05-08 00:14:13

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#4764.  Robert receives $600 in the first week and $30 more each week than the preceding. What is the total amount he has received by the end of the 20th week?


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#6621 2020-05-10 00:16:59

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#4765. Find the least value of n for which the sum of the series 5 + 8 + 11 + ... up to n terms is not less than 670.
(a) 20
(b) 21
(c) 22
(d) 23.


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#6622 2020-05-12 00:07:29

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#4766. How many natural numbers between 100 and 400 are there which are multiples of 9?


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

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#6623 2020-05-14 00:59:32

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#4767. Find the number of terms in the series 15 + 13 + 11 + 9 + 7 + 5+ ...... such that the sum is 63. If there are two solutions, give both.


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#6624 2020-05-16 00:02:21

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#4768. Find the least value of n for which the sum of the series 3 + 7 + 11 + 15 + 19 + ... is greater than 820.


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#6625 2020-05-18 00:32:59

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#4769. The average of 50 numbers is 38. If two numbers viz. 45 and 55 are discarded, find the average of the remaining numbers.


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

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