Wednesday, February 10, 2010

QUIZ CORNER 2. (\_/)_(\_/)_(\_/)_(\_/)_(\_/)_

1. QUEEN IN SCENTS: Can you find that 12 letter word thatis often misspelled by rearranging any 12 letters from amongst 13 in this anagram?

2. Tom and Bill are both traveling down a road startingat the same place. Tom started at 12 noon and walked
at 3 kilometers per hour. At 3 PM Bill started ridinghis bicycle @ 12 kilometers per hour. At what time
will they meet?

3. Three piles of sand are to be mixed together into alarge pile.
Pile A weighing 500 kilos contains 2% pebbles
Pile B weighing 1200 kilos contains 3% pebbles
Pile C weighing 1300 kilos contains 8% pebbles

What percent pebbles would the combined 3000 kilos of mixture contain?

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Answers to the Quiz (\_/)_(\_/)_(\_/)_(\_/)_(\_/)_

1. Quin·tes·sence. It means the pure, highly concentrated essence of a thing. 


2. They will meet at 4 pm 12 kilometers down the road.


3. Pile A contains 10 kilos of pebbles
   Pile B contains 36 kilos of pebbles
   Pile C contains 104 kilos of pebbles
   TOTAL           150 kilos of pebbles 150*100/3000=5%

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