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(#M40000422) TCS QUESTION Keep an EYE

For the FIFA world cup, Paul the octopus has been predicting the winner of each match with amazing success. It is rumored that in a match between 2 teams A and B, Paul picks A with the same probability as A's chances of winning. Let's assume such rumors to be true and that in a match between Ghana and Bolivia, Ghana the stronger team has a probability of 2/3 of winning the game. What is the probability that Paul will correctly pick the winner of the Ghana-Bolivia game?
a) 1/9
b) 4/9
c) 5/9
d) 2/3

Asked In TCS karthikeyan (14 years ago)

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(#M40000421) TCS QUESTION Keep an EYE

Here 10 programers, type 10 lines with in 10 minutes then 60lines can type within 60 minutes. How many programmers are needed?
a) 16
b) 6
c) 10
d) 60

Asked In TCS karthikeyan (14 years ago)

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(#M40000420) TCS QUESTION Keep an EYE

Given 3 lines in the plane such that the points of intersection form a triangle with sides of length 20, 20 and 30, the number of points equidistant from all the 3 lines is
a) 1
b) 3
c) 4
d) 0

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(#M40000419) TCS QUESTION Keep an EYE

Given a collection of points P in the plane, a 1-set is a point in P that can be separated from the rest by a line, .i.e the point lies on one side of the line while the others lie on the other side.
The number of 1-sets of P is denoted by n1(P). The minimum value of n1(P) over all configurations P of 5 points in the plane in general position(.i.e no three points in P lie on a line) is
option
a) 3
b) 5
c) 2
d) 1

Asked In TCS karthikeyan (14 years ago)

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(#M40000418) TCS QUESTION Keep an EYE

For the FIFA world cup, Paul the octopus has been predicting the winner of each match with amazing success. It is rumored that in a match between 2 teams A and B, Paul picks A with the same probability as A's chances of winning.
Let's assume such rumors to be true and that in a match between Ghana and Bolivia, Ghana the stronger team has a probability of 2/3 of winning the game. What is the probability that Paul will correctly pick the winner of the Ghana-Bolivia game?

Asked In TCS S.RAMESH REDDY (14 years ago)

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(#M40000417) TCS QUESTION Puzzle Keep an EYE

After the typist writes 12 letters and addresses 12 envelopes, she inserts the letters randomly into the envelopes (1 letter per envelope). What is the probability that exactly 1 letter is inserted in an improper envelope?

Asked In TCS Mahesh (14 years ago)

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(#M40000416) TCS QUESTION Keep an EYE

alok n bhanu play the following min max game
N=9+X+Y-Z
so,wer x,y,z,are variables representing single digits(0..9)alok would like to maximise N while bhanu would like to minimise the N towards the end.alok choose a single digit number and bhanu substitutes this for a variable of her own choice (X,Y,Z)alok then chooses the next value and bhanu the variable to substitute the value.finally alok proposes the value for the remaining variable.assuming both play to their optimal strategies. the value of the N at the end of the game would be??

Asked In TCS V.V.Ravi Teja (14 years ago)

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(#M40000415) TCS QUESTION Keep an EYE

Alok and Bhanu play the following min-max game. Given the expression
N = X - Y - Z where X, Y and Z are variables representing single digits (0 to 9), Alok would like to maximize N while Bhanu would like to minimize it. Towards this end, Alok chooses a single digit number and Bhanu substitutes this for a variable of her choice (X, Y or Z). Alok then chooses the next value and Bhanu, the variable to substitute the value. Finally Alok proposes the value for the remaining variable. Assuming both play to their optimal strategies, the value of N at the end of the game would be
a) 4
b) 9
c) 2
d) -18

Asked In TCS Sayan Bera (14 years ago)

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(#M40000414) TCS QUESTION Keep an EYE

Alok and Bhanu play the following coins in a circle game. 99 coins are arranged in a circle with each coin touching two other coin. Two of the coins are special and the rest are ordinary. Alok starts and the players take turns removing an ordinary coin of their choice from the circle and bringing the other coins closer until they again form a (smaller) circle. The goal is to bring the special coins adjacent to each other and the first player to do so wins the game. Initially the special coins are separated by two ordinary coins O1 and O2. Which of the following is true?

a) In order to win, Alok should remove O1 on his first turn.
b) In order to win, Alok should remove one of the coins different from O1 and O2 on his first turn.
c) In order to win, Alok should remove O2 on his first turn.
d) Alok has no winning strategy.

Asked In TCS Sayan Bera (14 years ago)

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(#M40000413) TCS QUESTION Keep an EYE

A hare and a tortoise have a race along a circle of 100 yard diameter. The tortoise goes in one direction and the hare in the other. The hare starts after the tortoise has covered 1/5 of its distance and that too leisurely. The hare and tortoise meet when the hare has covered only 1/8 of the distance. By what factor should the hare increase its speed so as to tie the race?
a) 37.80
b) 5
c) 40
d) 8

Asked In TCS Sayan Bera (15 years ago)

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