Q.15 For the FIFA world cup, Paul the octopus has been predicting the winner of each match with amazing success. It is rumored that in a match between 2 teams A and B, Paul picks A with the same probability as A’s chances of winning. Let’s assume such rumors to be true and that in a match between Ghana and Bolivia, Ghana the stronger team has a probability of 2/3 of winning the game. What is the probability that Paul will correctly pick the winner of the Ghana-Bolivia game? 4/9 2/3 1/9 5/9 Answer is: 5/9 can someone plz explain how this ans is calculated?????

4 Answers   TCS,

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In a survey of town of Wasco, it was found that 65% of the people surveyed watched the news on television, 40% read newspaper, and 25% read a newspaper and watched the news on television. What percent of the people surveyed neither watched the news on the television nor read a newspaper?.

0 Answers   Wipro,

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Raghav marks his product 25% above the cost and then gives a discount of 20%.If the original price is Rs,25000 What is the final price?

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In a certain department store, which has four sizes of a specific shirt, there are 1/3 as many small shirts as medium shirts, and 1/2 as many large shirts as small shirts. If there are as many x-large shirts as large shirts, what percent of the shirts in the store are medium? a) 10% b) 25% c) 33% d) 50% e) 60%

3 Answers   Subex,

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The passage implies that a moral principle derived from applying Murphy's philosophy to a particular group would be applicable to another group if

0 Answers   Satyam,

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a cube has colors blue,red ,yellow each on two opposite sides.cube is divided into "32 small cubes and 4 large cubes". how many cubes (on 36 cubes) have blue at least one side. how many cubes have colors on two sides.

0 Answers   IBM, TATA,

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A man engaged a servant on a condn that he’ll pay Rs 90 and also give him a bag at the end of the yr. He served for 9 months and was given a turban and Rs 65. So the price of turban is i. Rs : 10 19 0 55

9 Answers   Accenture, Cap Gemini,

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Four Members A,B,C,D are playing a game .A person losing a game should double the amount of others .B,C,D are losing in order after three games .The amount after 3 games are A&B having 40,D is having 16&C 80. Each questions carry one mark: a) who started with small amount of money? b) who started with greatest amount of money? c) what amount did B have?

3 Answers   Cognizant, CTS,

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Data sufficiency statement: area of rectangle is 50.so what is the breadth of rectangle? a)length of rectangle is 10 b)length and breadth differs by 4 both a and b is required. Or only a is sufficient or only b is sufficeient. Or a and b s independently sufficient?

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Susan wants to put up fencing around three sides of her rectangular yard and leave a side of 20 feet unfenced. If the yard has an area of 680 square feet, how many feet of fencing does she need?

5 Answers   Accenture,

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24 6 99 33 3 63 19 3 ? A) 7. B)28 C)70. D)54

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