Official Quant thread for CAT 2013

@nick_baba said:
In a certain town, every girl is acquainted with more boys then girls.Furthermore, all the girls acquainted with a given boy are also acquaintedwith each other.Thena) The number of boys is always greater than the number of girls.b) The number of girls is always greater than the number of boys .c) There are at least as many boys as girls in the town .d) There are at least as many girls as boys in the town.P.S.-- a dream town for all guys..
c?
@krum said:
every prime number is of the from 6k+-1p^2 + 3p − 1=>(6k+1)^2+18k+2=>36k^2+30k+3or=>(6k-1)^2+18k-4=>36k^2+6k-3as both are multiples of 3, only p=3 will give a prime numberb)1 i expanded [(b − c)^2 + (c − a)^2 + (d − b)^2]=>b^2+c^2-2bc+c^2+a^2-2ac+d^2+b^2-2dbas a,b,c,d are in g.p =>b^2=ac, c^2=bd=>b^2+c^2-2bc+c^2+a^2-2b^2+b^2+d^2-2c^2=>a^2+d^2-2bc=>a^2+a^2r^6-2ar^3=>(a-ar^3)^2=>(a-d)^2
ek no. bhai..:clap:

@nick_baba said:
an easy one...
For how many primes p is p^2 + 3p ˆ' 1 also prime?a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3

koi mast sa general sol batao..option dekh ke mat karna..
bhai 1?? sirf 3??
pahele tho option dala :P
But here is my approach
all prime numbers are of the form 6K+-1exception being 2 and 3
so first tested with these 2 values and got only 3 satisfying
Now prime numbers are of the form 3k+-1 (not all though)
so substititing 3k+1 in p
we get 9K^2+12k+3
in these 9K^2 can never be of the form 6k+-1 similarly 12k ab 3 tho 3 hi hoga... in all d cases it is not a prime.
same holds true for 3k-1 case.
@nick_baba said:
In a certain town, every girl is acquainted with more boys then girls.Furthermore, all the girls acquainted with a given boy are also acquaintedwith each other.Thena) The number of boys is always greater than the number of girls.b) The number of girls is always greater than the number of boys .c) There are at least as many boys as girls in the town .d) There are at least as many girls as boys in the town.P.S.-- a dream town for all guys..
Is it c?
@krum said:
c?
yeps...main to ques solve hi ni kar pa rah tha..was jus fantasizing abt that town..
@chandrakant.k said:
bhai 1?? sirf 3??pahele tho option dala But here is my approachall prime numbers are of the form 6K+-1exception being 2 and 3so first tested with these 2 values and got only 3 satisfying Now prime numbers are of the form 3k+-1 (not all though)so substititing 3k+1 in pwe get 9K^2+12k+3in these 9K^2 can never be of the form 6k+-1 similarly 12k ab 3 tho 3 hi hoga... in all d cases it is not a prime.same holds true for 3k-1 case.
bht badiya kulkarni sahab..:clap:
@adwaitjw said:
Is it c?
haan dost..
@nick_baba said:
yeps...main to ques solve hi ni kar pa rah tha..was jus fantasizing abt that town..
Yaar agar such me aisa koi town mile to muze bhi batana...
@adwaitjw said:
Yaar agar such me aisa koi town mile to muze bhi batana...
yaar town se related jb ques mil gaya hai to town bhi mil hi jayega..:wink:
Suppose K be the number of integers n such that (1+2^n)/n^2 is also an integer.Then K is
a) 0
b) 1
c) 2
d) 3

also, what will be the sol to this.and whether there will be an even solution or not??
@nick_baba said:
Suppose K be the number of integers n such that (1+2^n)/n^2 is also an integer.Then K isa) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3
b) ?
@milestogo3 said:
b) ?
no dost...
@nick_baba said:
Suppose K be the number of integers n such that (1+2^n)/n^2 is also an integer.Then K isa) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3also, what will be the sol to this.and whether there will be an even solution or not??


EDITED
option d?
Only 1,-1 and 3 satisfy the values i guess
@nick_baba said:
no dost...
2 ? for 1 and 3
c?

i took it as (1+2^n)^n^2
@soumitrabengeri said:
option c? Only 1 and -1 satisfy the values i guess
hw come -1 z satisfying it buddy..???
@milestogo3 said:
2 ? for 1 and 3c?i took it as (1+2^n)^n^2
kaboom..u got it right this time..
@nick_baba said:
Suppose K be the number of integers n such that (1+2^n)/n^2 is also an integer.Then K isa) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3also, what will be the sol to this.and whether there will be an even solution or not??
Is it c?

I guess 1 & 3 are the solutions..
@nick_baba said:
hw come -1 z satisfying it buddy..???

Took 2^-1 as (-2)....
@adwaitjw said:
Is it c?I guess 1 & 3 are the solutions..
yepp..
@soumitrabengeri said:
Took 2^-1 as (-2)....
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