Official Quant thread for CAT 2013

@nick_baba said:
There are two ants on opposite corners of a cube. On each move,they can travel along an edge to an adjacent vertex. If the probability thatthey both return to their starting position after 4 moves is mn , where m andn are relatively prime integers, find m+n. (NOTE:They do not stop if theycollide.)a) 17 b) 65 c) 73 d) 85
d)85?

every vertex the ants have 3 options
sample space = 3^4

to return to starting position they have to reverse the direction (2 ways)
favourable cases = 3^2 * 2!

probability = 9*2/81 = 2/9

probability that both return to start point = 4/81
m + n = 85
@nick_baba said:
whooosshhhh.......sar ke upar se gaya .. guruji thoda vistar se(ho sake to diagram )..jaise ATDH sir smjhate hai..
@busar005
@deedeedudu said:
0?
nai bhai...

kya baat hai aaj bht kam a rahe ho thread pe.???
@grkkrg said:
d)85?every vertex the ants have 3 optionssample space = 3^4to return to starting position they have to reverse the direction (2 ways)favourable cases = 3^2 * 2!probability = 9*2/81 = 2/9probability that both return to start point = 4/81m + n = 85
@nick_baba said:
@grkkrg said:
d)85?every vertex the ants have 3 optionssample space = 3^4to return to starting position they have to reverse the direction (2 ways)favourable cases = 3^2 * 2!probability = 9*2/81 = 2/9probability that both return to start point = 4/81m + n = 85
to return to starting position they have to reverse the direction (2 ways)favourable cases = 3^2 * 2!
probability = 9*2/81 = 2/9....bhai ye logic kuch clear nai ho rah hai..
@nick_baba said:
to return to starting position they have to reverse the direction (2 ways)favourable cases = 3^2 * 2!probability = 9*2/81 = 2/9....bhai ye logic kuch clear nai ho rah hai..
Suppose the ant goes left first and then up.
It has two options to return to starting point:
down first then right
right first then down
@nick_baba said:
nai bhai...kya baat hai aaj bht kam a rahe ho thread pe.???
1 value
2*3*5*29
@deedeedudu said:
1 value 2*3*5*29PS:Not well bhai and busy also
bang on even after being low..
@deedeedudu said:
1 value 2*3*5*29
method pls .
my concluding post today...

How many ways to fill the 4X4 board by nonnegative integers, such
that sum of the numbers of each row and each column is 3?
a) 2006
b) 2007
c) 2008
d) 2009
e) 2010

OA c)2008
@nick_baba said:
There are two ants on opposite corners of a cube. On each move,they can travel along an edge to an adjacent vertex. If the probability thatthey both return to their starting position after 4 moves is m/n , where m andn are relatively prime integers, find m+n. (NOTE:They do not stop if theycollide.)a) 17 b) 65 c) 73 d) 85
@grkkrg said:
d)85?every vertex the ants have 3 optionssample space = 3^4to return to starting position they have to reverse the direction (2 ways)favourable cases = 3^2 * 2!probability = 9*2/81 = 2/9probability that both return to start point = 4/81m + n = 85
yaar i'm getting 21 favorable cases, @grkkrg plz check

@krum said:
yaar i'm getting 21 favorable cases, @grkkrg plz check
arre i missed some cases then
You're right
I didn't consider ABAEA and ABADA as separate cases
3 such cases are missing in my approach


@nick_baba
@grkkrg said:
arre i missed some cases thenYou're rightI didn't consider ABAEA and ABADA as separate cases3 such cases are missing in my approach @nick_baba
then none of the options ??

21/81=7/27

7/27*7/27=49/729

it might be possible that they stop after collision, in that case its a drag, @grkkrg what say?
What is the 50th digit after decimal for: sqrt{(2009*2010*2011*2012 + 1)/4}

Yesterday one of my questions got unanswered. Hope same doesn't happen today..
Four sisters Suvarna, Tara, Uma and Vibha are playing a game such that the loser doubles the money of each of the other players from her share. They played four games and each sister lost one game in alphabetical order. At the end of fourth game each sisterhad Rupees 32. How much money did Suvarna start with?
@AKS000 said:
Four sisters Suvarna, Tara, Uma and Vibha are playing a game such that the loser doubles the money of each of the other players from her share. They played four games and each sister lost one game in alphabetical order. At the end of fourth game each sisterhad Rupees 32. How much money did Suvarna start with?
S - T - U - V
----------------
66 34 18 10

4 68 36 20

8 8 72 40

16 16 16 80
-----------------
32 32 32 32

edited
@AKS000

S T U V
66 34 18 10
4 68 36 20
8 8 72 40
16 16 16 80
32 32 32 32



ANS 66

@AKS000 said:
Four sisters Suvarna, Tara, Uma and Vibha are playing a game such that the loser doubles the money of each of the other players from her share. They played four games and each sister lost one game in alphabetical order. At the end of fourth game each sisterhad Rupees 32. How much money did Suvarna start with?
S__T__U__V
32_32_32_32
16_16_16_80
08_08_72_40
04_68_36_20
66_34_18_10

So 66
@staaalinnn said:
What is the 50th digit after decimal for: sqrt{(2009*2010*2011*2012 + 1)/4}Yesterday one of my questions got unanswered. Hope same doesn't happen today..
0?
@staaalinnn said:
What is the 50th digit after decimal for: sqrt{(2009*2010*2011*2012 + 1)/4}Yesterday one of my questions got unanswered. Hope same doesn't happen today..
2009*2010*2011*2012+1 is a perfect square (wolframalpha se check kiya)
so ans. must be 0

par ye pata kaise chalega ki ye perfect square hai
found the ans. in the post below :)