Quiz Discussion

A piece of equipment cost a certain factory 6,00,000. If it depreciates in value, 15% the first year, 13.5% the next year, 12% the third year, and so on, what will be its value at the end of 10 years, all percentages applying to the original cost?

• 1] Rs. 2,00,000
• 2] Rs. 1,05,000
• 3] Rs. 4,05,000
• 4] Rs. 6,50,000

Two A.P.’s have the same common difference. The first term of one of these is 8 and that of the other is 3. The difference between their 30th terms is

• 1] 11
• 2] 3
• 3] 8
• 4] 5

A bacteria gives birth to two new bacteria in each second and the life span of each bacteria is 5 seconds. The process of the reproduction is continuous until the death of the bacteria. initially there is one newly born bacteria at time t = 0, the find the total number of live bacteria just after 10 seconds :

• 1]

  \(\frac{{{3^{10}}}}{2}\)

• 2]

  310 - 210

• 3]

  243 × (35 -1)

• 4]

  310 - 25

• 5]

  None of these

How many 2-digit positive integers are divisible by 4 or 9?

• 1]

  32

• 2]

  22

• 3]

  34

• 4]

  30

The two geometric means between the number 1 and 64 are

• 1]

  8 and 16

• 2]

  2 and 16

• 3]

  4 and 8

• 4]

  4 and 16

The 7th and 21st terms of an AP are 6 and -22 respectively. Find the 26th term

• 1] -34
• 2] -32
• 3] -12
• 4] -10
• 5] -16

What is the sum of the first 12 terms of an arithmetic progression if the first term is -19 and last term is 36?

• 1] 192
• 2] 230
• 3] 102
• 4] 214

The first term of an Arithmetic Progression is 22 and the last term is -11. If the sum is 66, the number of terms in the sequence are:

• 1] 10
• 2] 12
• 3] 9
• 4] 8

The common difference of the A.P. \(\frac{1}{{2b}} \frac{{1 - 6b}}{{2b}}  \frac{{1 - 12b}}{{2b}}\)   . . . . . is

• 1] 2b
• 2] -2b
• 3] 3
• 4] -3

The nth term of an A.P., the sum of whose n terms is Sn, is

• 1] Sn + Sn - 1
• 2] Sn - Sn - 1
• 3] Sn + Sn + 1
• 4] Sn - Sn + 1