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Explanation is needed for the following questions:

17% of 90 + 90% of 17 is ___________

If 3^(x+1) = 48 then 9^x is __________

5+10+20+.....320 is ___________

if (5-10i)/(4-3i) is a+bi, then a= ____________

If 7C1 + 7C2 = 8CN then the largest value of N is ___________

54*59 + 55*58 = ___________

The sum of the 1st 7 Fibbonacci terms is ________________


Thats all for now. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Zack



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1. I hv no other suggestn but do 15.3*2=30.6
2. 48/3=16=3^x, then square to get 9^x=256
3. This is 't i did--1+2+4+...+2^n=2^(n+1)-1, ergo 10(1+2+4+8+16+32)=630, and add the 5 in the begin'g 635
4. I don't thk my way is a shortcut cuz I'm horrible at this kinda stuff, but anyway: multiply by the conjugate 1/(4+3i), so the denominator will be rationalzd to 25, the modulus squared. Then do (5-10i)(4+3i), and merely concerng the integer part you obtain 20+30=50, which, put over the denom 25, yields 2---hmm, obviously thr's sth I don't know about this.
5. nC(m-1)+nCm=(n+1)Cm, so 7C1+7C2=8C2
6. 54*59+55*58=(54*58+54)+55*58=(54+55)58+(58-4)=110*58-4=6380-4=6376. This sounds like an approx problem; and I hope it is. The manipulation above came easily when sitg leisurely, but if it's during a NS test, it maybe a lot harder to derive that on the spot
7. If 1st term is a, 2nd term b, then sum=13a+20b.
Where did these qs come from?
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17% of 90 is equal to 90% of 17

I would do something like 2(1.7 * 9) = 30.6 

3^(x+1) = 48
3^x = 16
9^x = 3^(2x) = 16^2 = 256


if (5-10i)/(4-3i) is a+bi, then a=
I dislike these :P
In short, the method is:

multiply the top by the bottom's conjugate and remember what a is (don't calculate b)
divide by the modulus squared of the bottom (4^2 + 3^2 = 25)
a = 20 + 30 = 50
50/25 = 2

7C1 = 7, 7C2 = 21
so 8Cr = 28
r  = 2 (8C1 = 8... 8C3 would be too big)

now, a property of combinations is nCr = nC(n-r)

so the bigger choice for N is 8-2 = 6

54*59 + 55*58  - was this approximation?

you could do... xy + (x+1)(y-1) = 2xy + y - x but eh.... I've never seen that before

sum of first 7 = 13x + 20y , x,y = 1    sum = 33
In the real fibonacci sequence (the one that starts with 1 and 1) S(n) is equal to F(n+2) - 1

-- Edited by bradp at 18:55, 2007-03-18

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The 6th question WAS NOT an estimation problem. These problems were all from Dr. Numsen.

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