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  • The mean temperature of Monday to Wednesday was 37 degree celsius and of Tuesday to Thursday was 34 degree celsius . If the temperature on Thursday was (4/5) th that of Monday, the temperature on Thursday was?


  • Options
  • A. 38 degree celsius
  • B. 36 degree celsius
  • C. 40 degree celsius
  • D. 39 degree celsius

  • Correct Answer
  • 36 degree celsius 

    Explanation
    Let, temperature of Monday = a Temperature of Tuesday = b Temperature of Wednesday = c Temperature of Thursday = 4a/5 Sum of temperatures of Monday to Wednesday = 3×37 = 111 => a+b+c=111------(1) Sum of temperatures of Tuesday to Thursday = 3×34 = 102 b+c+(4a/5) = 102 ------(2) (1)-(2)=> a−(4a/5)=111−102 a/5=9 a=45 Temperature on Thursday = 4a/5 =4×45/5 =36

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    • 1. Sharon Stone deposits $2000 at the end of each year in an account earning 10% compounded annually. Determine how much money she has after 25 years. How much interest did she earn?

    • Options
    • A. 146694.12
    • B. 13452
    • C. 18232
    • D. 15627
    • Discuss
    • 2. The average weight of a class of 24 students is 35 kg. If the weight of the teacher be included, the average rises by 400 g. The weight of the teacher is :

    • Options
    • A. 45 kg
    • B. 46 kg
    • C. 47 kg
    • D. 48 kg
    • Discuss
    • 3. The average weight of 8 persons increases by 2.5 kg when a new person comes in place of one of them weighing 65 kg. What might be the weight of the new person ?

    • Options
    • A. 70 kg
    • B. 75 kg
    • C. 80 kg
    • D. 85 kg
    • Discuss
    • 4. A grocer has a sale of Rs 6435, Rs. 6927, Rs. 6855, Rs. 7230 and Rs. 6562 for 5 consecutive months. How much sale must he have in the sixth month so that he gets an average sale of Rs, 6500 ?

    • Options
    • A. 4991
    • B. 5467
    • C. 5987
    • D. 6453
    • Discuss
    • 5. The average of 20 numbers is zero. Of them, at the most, how many may be greater than zero ?

    • Options
    • A. 0
    • B. -1
    • C. 1
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 6. A pupil's marks were wrongly entered as 83 instead of 63. Due to that the average marks for the class got increased by half. The number of pupils in the class is :

    • Options
    • A. 45
    • B. 40
    • C. 39
    • D. 37
    • Discuss
    • 7. The mean of 50 observations was 36. It was found later that an observation 48 was wrongly taken as 23. The corrected new mean is :

    • Options
    • A. 35
    • B. 36.5
    • C. 40
    • D. 42
    • Discuss
    • 8. Of the four numbers, whose average is 60, the first is one-fourth of the sum of the last three. The first number is :

    • Options
    • A. 17
    • B. 29
    • C. 36
    • D. 48
    • Discuss
    • 9. Out of 9 persons, 8 persons spent Rs. 30 each for their meals. The ninth one spent Rs. 20 more than the average expenditure of all the nine. The total money spent by all of them was :

    • Options
    • A. Rs. 292.50
    • B. Rs. 297.50
    • C. Rs. 298
    • D. Rs. 298.50
    • Discuss
    • 10. The average of 11 numbers is 10.9. If the average of the first six numbers is 10.5 and that of the last six numbers is 11.4, then the middle number is :

    • Options
    • A. 10.5
    • B. 11.5
    • C. 12.5
    • D. 13.5
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