CLAT CLAT Solved Paper-2018

  • question_answer
    A student was asked to simplify the expression \[\frac{0.1216\times 0.105\times 0.002}{0.625\times 0.8512\times 0.039\times 0.16}\] his answer was \[\frac{1}{65}\]. What is the difference between his answer and the correct answer?

    A) \[\frac{1}{65}\]             

    B)        \[\frac{1}{130}\]

    C) \[\frac{1}{26}\]             

    D)        \[\frac{1}{13}\]

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    Sol. [b]
    The expression is
    \[\frac{0.1216\times 0.105\times 0.002}{0.625\times 0.8512\times 0.039\times 0.16}\]
    \[=\frac{\frac{1216}{10000}\times \frac{105}{1000}\times \frac{2}{10000}}{\frac{625}{1000}\times \frac{8512}{100000}\,\times \frac{39}{1000}\times \frac{16}{100}}\]
    \[\begin{align}   & =\,\frac{1216}{10000}\,\times \frac{105}{1000}\times \frac{2}{10000}\times \frac{1000}{625} \\  & \times \frac{100000}{8512}\times \frac{1000}{39}\,\times \frac{100}{16} \\ \end{align}\]
    \[=\,\frac{1216\times 105\times 2\times 100}{625\times 8512\times 39\times 16}\]
    \[=\frac{4\times 1\times 1\times 105}{25\times 7\times 8\times 39}\,=\,\frac{1}{30}\]
    Now, the required difference
    \[=\,\frac{1}{65}\,-\frac{1}{130}\,=\frac{2-1}{130}\,=\,\frac{1}{130}\]


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