ANSWER EXPLANATIONS TO FLT 3 -

GMAT QUANT
Answer Key & Detailed Explanations

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 FLT 3 - QUANT
Question# Answer Question Answer
Q1 B Q21
Q2 Q22
Q3 Q23
Q4 Q24
Q5 Q25
Q6 Q26
Q7 Q27
Q8 Q28
Q9 Q29
Q10 Q30
Q11 Q31
Q12 Q32
Q13 Q33
Q14 Q34
Q15 Q35

Q16 Q36

Q17
Q18
Q19
Q20

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 Through statement 1, x can also be a fraction – 5x is an integer, x can also be
(1/5), therefore statement individually isn’t sufficient
Q1 Through statement 2, 5+x is an integer, 5 is already an integer, so for the result
to be an integer, x must be integer, therefore 2 nd statement alone is sufficient.
Option B is correct
Statement 1 – No information about pennies, hence insufficient
Statement 2 – Tells us about the total amount, still multiple combinations are
possible, hence insufficient
Q2 Combining both - Combining 1 & 2 -> N : D = 2 : 3, N + D + P = 7 = Various
combinations possible
Ratio and sum is given but there can be multiple possibilities, hence answer can’t
be determined, option E is correct
101 = 10 – 1 zero (1*1)
102 = 100 – 2 zeroes (1*2)
1010 = 10000000000 - 10 zeroes (1*10)
1 represent number of zeroes in base and 1,2,10 represents the power

Therefore, kk which is (1010)10^10 will have 101*(1010) = 1011 zeroes

Alternatively,
(a^m) ^n = a^mn
Q3
Using same logic

(10^10) ^(10^10)

Here m= 10 n= 10^10

So mn= 10^11
We are adding something to 527 so answer is definitely greater than present
Q4 value, now we are adding 38 which is a very very small number as compared to
528 , therefore answer will be 528 which is 5 times the given value.
43, 91 and 183, differences between numbers are 48, 92 and 140.
Q5 Now highest number which will leave the same difference has to be the common
factor of 48,92 and 140, that is 4.
Total cases = 23 = 8
Q6 Total cases with exactly two tails = HTT, THT, TTH
Required probability = 3/8
In first case, we have m2 = a2 + (b – 2)2
In second case, m2 = (a – 2)2 + b2
Therefore, a2 + (b – 2)2 = (a – 2)2 + b2
Q7
⇒ a2 + b2 – 4b + 4 = a2 – 4a + 4 + b2
⇒ 4a – 4b = 0
⇒a–b=0
Q8 x will be minimum when 2m = (830 + 88)

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 ⇒ 2m = (290 + 224) = 224 (266 + 1) ≈ 224 × 266 = 290
⇒ m = 90.
Let the length is l and breadth is b
lb= 64 and 2(l + b) = 40 or l + b = 20 ⇒ b = 20 – l
Therefore, l × (20 – l) = 64
⇒ l2 – 20 l + 64 = 0
Q9
⇒ (l – 16) (l – 4) = 0
⇒ l = 4, 16
Therefore, l = 16

Q10 The required prime numbers are 11, 13, 17 and 19 and their sum is 60.

Q11

Area of rectangle – Area of triangle 1 – Area of triangle 2

13*9 – 0.5*4*5 – 0.5*4*4 = 99
The amount of Salt and water in the first beaker is 12 units and 20 units.
Statement 1: As after the addition, the water in the second beaker is 24 litre
more than the salt and it is already 8 litre more in the incoming mixture,
therefore, it is 16 litre more in the original mixture. So 7x – 5x = 16 => x = 8
Q12 Final concentration of salt = 5 * 8 + 12 = 52 ounces.
Therefore statement 1 is sufficient.
Statement 2: It gives the initial amount of mixture only, so it is not sufficient to
answer the question.
Hence, option A is the answer
Q13 A. x4 ≥ 1 ⇒ x≤ -1 or x ≥ 1: two infinite ranges;

B. x3 ≤ 27 ⇒ x ≤ 3: one infinite range;

C. x2 ≥ 25 ⇒ x ≤ −5 or x ≥ 5: two infinite ranges;

D. 2 ≤ |x|≤ 7 ⇒ −7 ≤ x ≤ −2 or 2 ≤ x ≤ 7: two finite ranges;

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 E. 2 ≤ 3x+4 ≤ 6 ⇒ −2 ≤ 3x ≤ 2 ⇒ −2/3 ≤ x ≤ 2/3: one finite range.
Hence, option E is the answer.
Statement 1: Total dishes are 9 and the pairs are 18. Also, the number of dishes
on A are less than that of B. So, the only possibility is that A has 3 dishes and B
has 6 dishes. Hence, statement A is sufficient.
Statement 2: There are total 3 dishes on A and total pairs are 18, so B will have 6
Q14
dishes.
Hence, statement B is sufficient.
Hence, option D is the answer.

Here 6θ + θ + 2θ = 3600
⇒ 9θ = 360 ⇒ θ = 400
Q15
⇒ 2θ = 800
⇒ ∠BCA = 400
84 + 816/48 + 168
We know that 8 = 23, 4 = 22 and 16= 24
Using this
212 + 248/216 + 232 = 212(1+236)/216(1+216)
Q16 1 + 236 = = 236
Similarly, 1 + 216 = 216
Using this,
212 * 236/216*216 = 216
Greater than 50,000

Q17

Let the income of Arif is Rs 100

Income of Aman = 3/5 × 100 = Rs 60
Income of Ankit = 4/5 × 60 = Rs 48
Q18 Income of Sam = 3/5 × 60 = Rs 36
Now Arif gave 60% of 100 = Rs 60 to Sam, So Sam’s new income = 36 + 60 = Rs 96
Also, Arif gave Rs 40 to Ankit, so Ankit’s new income = 48 + 40 = Rs 88
Therefore, the required fraction = 88/96 = 11/12.

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 The given series is 1, 2, 1, - 1, - 2, - 1, 1, 2, 1, -1, - 2, - 1, …..
Now here after 1, 2, 1, - 1, - 2, - 1, the terms are repeating
Now if n = 1, then sum = 1
If n = 2, then sum = 1 + 2 = 3
If n = 3, sum = 1 + 2 + 1 = 4
Q19
If n = 4, sum = 1 + 2 + 1 – 1 = 3
If n = 5, sum = 1 + 2 + 1 – 1 – 2 = 1
If n = 6, sum = 1 + 2 + 1 – 1 – 2 – 1 = 0
After that, the sum will again be 1 and so on.
Therefore, 4 different sums are possible.
If the order of the dice does not matter then we can have 3 cases:
1. XXX - all dice show alike numbers: 6 outcomes (111, 222, ..., 666);
2. XXY - two dice show alike numbers and third is different: 6∗5=30
6 choices for X and 5 choices for Y;
Q20 3. XYZ - all three dice show distinct numbers: 6c3=20, selecting three different
numbers from 6;

Total: 6+30+20=56.

We know that |x| < 4 ⇒ - 4 < x < 4

Statement 1: We have x2 > 16 ⇒ x2 – 16 > 0 ⇒ x2 – 42 > 0
⇒ (x – 4) (x + 4) > 0 ⇒ x > 4 or x < - 4
Therefore, |x| is not less than 4. Hence statement 1 is true.
Statement 2: We have 1/|x| > x
1
−x >0
Case I: If x > 0, we have,
x
1−x 2 ( x−1 )( 1+ x )
⇒ >0 ⇒ <0
Q21 x x
As x > 0, So x lies in (0, 1
−1
Case II: If x < 0, we have, −x> 0
x
1
⇒ + x <0 ⇒ (1+x2)/x < 0 ⇒ x < 0
x
Combining the two, we get, x lies in (- ꚙ, 0) U (0, 1)
Therefore, |x| < 4 may or may not be true.
Hence, statement 2 is not sufficient.
Statement 1: Let n divided by 13 gives remainder x.
As n2 is divided by 13, the remainder is 10, so x 2 – 10 = 13y
Therefore, x2 = 36 or 49 or x = 6 or 7. Therefore, statement 1 is not sufficient.
Q22 Statement 2: Here n can take values from 14 to 25 and it will give different
remainders on dividing by 13. So it is not sufficient.
If we combine, the two statements, even then n = 19 and 20 satisfy the above
two statements. Therefore, statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.
Q23 5th and 6th digits can have a minimum value of 2 and maximum value of 9.
Now 2 = 1+1 – 1 way
3 = 1+2 and 2+1 = 2 ways

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 Similarly
9 can be written as sum of 2 numbers in 8 ways.
Therefore. For any of the 5th and 6th digits, combinations are 8*9/2 = 36 ways
36 ways for 5th and 36 ways for 6th, total ways = 36*36 = 1296
Statement 1: Total time taken to fill the tank = 24/5 hours
Now 1/a + 1/b = 5/24 ⇒ (a + b)/ab = 5/24
So (a, b) can be (12, 8) or (24, 6). Therefore, the rate of X is not equal to rate of Y.
Q24 Hence, the statement 1 is sufficient.
Statement 2: Here a + b = 20
As a and b are even integers, so multiple answers are possible, like (2, 20), (4,
16), (6, 14) and so on. Therefore, statement 2 is insufficient.
Now each of the line is equal to the radius and, therefore, each of the triangle so
formed is an isosceles triangle.

Q25

We are looking for the SUM of two base angles that are maximum. It is going to
be ∠ABC
As 10 and 20 are the least, the two equal angles will be (180−20)/2 and
(180−10)/2 respectively.
So the largest angle will be sum of these two => 85+80 = 165
Statement 1 doesn’t tell us about total books, if we take the case of 3:1, then we
never get the case when both the chosen book are of English which can be the
case if there are 2 English books, i.e. 6 and 2 books respectively, therefore
statement 1 is not sufficient.
Statement 2 doesn’t tell us about the number of books, so insufficient
Q26
Combining both, we can say that total number of books can be, 3,6,9,12…
Again, if there are 3 books, 3 English books case isn’t possible.
If there are 6 books, 2 English books cases is possible and will result in a different
answer.
Hence, statements combined will not give us the answer.
Statement one tells us that M = a*b*c
Therefore, number of factors are 2*2*2 = 8
Q27 Hence sufficient
Statement 2 tells us that m and 2187, 2187 = 3 7 has same factors (8).
Therefore, both the statements are individually sufficient.
Q28 Statements individually doesn’t give any info about the time taken; therefore, we

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 can’t give the answer.
If we combine both the statements, we know that is speed is doubled, then time
is halved, therefore of he was taking 2t time, he will just take “t” time at double
the speed, so he saved “t” time which is 15 mins.
Therefore 2t = normal time = 30 mins
Distance = (1/2) *30 = 15 miles
Work done by X and Y in one day = 1/a + 1/b = (a + b)/ab
Work done by X in one day = 1/a
1
Q29 a b
Required fraction = =
( a+ b ) a+b
ab

Statement 1: Exactly 5 guests were served both eggplant and risotto which
means 35 guests were served only eggplant and 55 were served only risotto.
So total guests were 95 in the dining room.
In the annex, 5 guests were served only risotto which means 25 guests were
Q30 served both eggplant and risotto and 35 were served only eggplant. So total
guests were 65 in the annex.
From here we can find the total number of guests = 95 + 65 = 160.
Hence, this statement is sufficient to answer the question.
Statement 2: It does not have any concrete information, hence not sufficient.
Let’s say there is a number 15 – Now 15 isn’t a perfect square, as per question.
Now root 15 – ~3.8
When we look at the factors of 15, 1,3,5, and 15.
2 factors are below square root and 2 factors are above square root
This is true for all the numbers
Q31
Now as per Statement 1
Above under root there is only one factor that is the number itself, therefore
below under root also, there has to be only one factor that is 1.
Both the statements are stating the same thing.
Therefore, both statements individually are enough to answer the question.
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