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Sum of a rational number and its reciprocal is 13/6. Find the number

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

\begin{aligned} => x + \frac{1}{x} = \frac{13}{6} \end{aligned}
\begin{aligned} => \frac{x^2+1}{x} = \frac{13}{6} \end{aligned}
\begin{aligned} => 6x^2-13x+6 = 0 \end{aligned}

\begin{aligned} => 6x^2-9x-4x+6 = 0 \end{aligned}
\begin{aligned} => (3x-2)(2x-3) \end{aligned}
\begin{aligned} => x = 2/3 or 3/2 \end{aligned}

1. Sum of three numbers 264, If the first number be twice then second and third number be one third of the first, then the second number is

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Let the second number is x, then first is 2x, and third is 1/3(2x)
\begin{aligned}
=>2x + x + \frac{2x}{3} = 264 <=> \frac{11x}{3} = 264
\end{aligned}

\begin{aligned}
=> x = 72
\end{aligned}

2. The sum of the squares of three numbers is 138, while the sum of their products taken two at a time is 131. Their sum is

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Let the numbers be a, b and c.
Then,
\begin{aligned}
a^2 + b^2 + c^2 = 138
\end{aligned}
and (ab + bc + ca) = 131
\begin{aligned}
(a + b + c)^2 = a^2 + b^2 + c^2 + 2(ab + bc + ca)
\end{aligned}
= 138 + 2 x 131 = 400

\begin{aligned}
=> (a + b + c) = \sqrt{400} = 20.
\end{aligned}

3. Find the number, when 15 is subtracted from 7 times the number, the result is 10 more than twice of the number

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Let the number be x.
7x -15 = 2x + 10 => 5x = 25 => x = 5

4. if the sum of \begin{aligned} \frac{1}{2} \end{aligned} and \begin{aligned} \frac{1}{5} \end{aligned} of a number exceeds \begin{aligned} \frac{1}{3} \end{aligned} of the number by \begin{aligned} 7\frac {1}{3} \end{aligned}, then number is

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Seems a bit complicated, isnt'it, but trust me if we think on this question with a cool mind then it is quite simple...
Let the number is x,
then, \begin{aligned} (\frac{1}{2}x + \frac{1}{5}x) - \frac{1}{3}x = \frac{22}{3} \end{aligned}

\begin{aligned}
=> \frac{11x}{30} = \frac{22}{3}
\end{aligned}

\begin{aligned}
=> x = 20
\end{aligned}

5. Difference between a two-digit number and the number obtained by interchanging the two digits is 36, what is the difference between two numbers

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Let the ten digit be x, unit digit is y.
Then (10x + y) - (10y + x) = 36
=> 9x - 9y = 36
=> x - y = 4.