A general wishing to draw his 17429 men in the form of a solid square found that he had 5 men over. The number of men in the front row was

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05 Oct 2015 Number of men A general wishing to draw his 17429 men in the form of a solid square found that he had 5 men over. The number of men in the front row was: OPtion
1) 424
2) 330
3) 234
4) 174
5) 742
6) 656
7) 262
8) 132
9) 781
10)None of these; Correct Option: 8 Best Solution (63)

MRITUNJAY 9 years AGO

find square roots of 17434

we will get 131

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Aman 9 years AGO

Man arrange in square is 17429 -5 =17424
no of man in front row is root 17424
is 132
option 8

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ramya 9 years AGO

men arranged in a square = 17429-5=17424
square root(17424) = 132.

Like? Yes (3) | No (2)

TAUSEEF AMEEN 9 years AGO

Men arranged in a square=17429-5=17424.
number of men in front row=sqrt(17424)
=132

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Vaithiyanaathan 9 years AGO

17429 when divided by 132 gives 5.
17429 % 132=5

hence 132 is the answe

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Lakhi kant Roy 9 years AGO

5 men's extra ,so 17429-5=17424
so no men in front row=sqrt of 17424
=132

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alpesh kurhade 9 years AGO

5 Men are over so
Ramaining men 17424
To form solid square find the square root of 17424
i.e 132

So ans is 132

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ABHIJEET ANAND 9 years AGO

sqare root of( 17429-5=17424) =132.
option 8 is correct.

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Dwaipayan Goswami 9 years AGO

Total men 17429. If I arrange this 17429 people in a square and if I get 5 people leftover then it is obvious that the square can have 17429-5 =17424 people which is a perfect square. So, the number of people in the first row will be (17424)^1/2 =132.

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durga chaitanya 9 years AGO

Men arranged in a square=17429-5=17424
number of men in front row is root (17424)=132

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Ajay Kumar Gupta 9 years AGO

man arranged in square=17429-5=17424
no of man in front row=(17424)^1/2=132

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RANJAN FADIA 9 years AGO

5 mens are over....it means 17429 -5 = 17424 will b envolve to form solid square.
let no. of mens in row= Y
solid quare means they are talking about Y*Y =17424

i.e. Y=root of 17424= 132 ans

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Moutam Vishnu Murthy 9 years AGO

answer:132
17429-5=17424
no. of men in the front row is sqrt(17424)=132

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nirmal das 9 years AGO

17429-5=17424
as they are in solid square then in 1st row square root of 17424
132*132=17424

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Arvind kumar 9 years AGO

men arranged =17429-5=17424
therefore men in front row= sq.root of 17424=132

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PAWAN KUMAR 9 years AGO

No of men in the square formed = 17429-5 = 17424.
Sqrt(17424) = 132.
So, each row has 132 men.

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santhosh 9 years AGO

17429-5;

sq. root of 17424 is 132

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RUPNARAYAN RANA 9 years AGO

Man arranged in square= 17429-5= 17424
number of in front row= sq root(17424)=132.

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DIPAK TIWARI 9 years AGO

Men arranged in a square = 17,429-5 = 17,424
so, number of men in front row = square root(17424) = 132
option 8

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Gaurav Verma 9 years AGO

total men in square = 17429-5 = 17424
in front row =?17425 = 132

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ANKUR BAJWA 9 years AGO

It is solid square so it is like a matrix of n*n
so total no of men in one row =n
total no. of men=n
total number of men in all rows =n*n=17429-5=17424
so n=132

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naveen 9 years AGO

total no.of mens in solid squre is =17429-5=17424
area of square is a^2=17424
a=132
therefore no of mens in the first row is=132

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ritu raj anand 9 years AGO

5 men over, therefore total men =17429-5= 17424 which is a perfect square of 132

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Rajanikanta Pradhan 9 years AGO

Total men 17429
the are arranged in square format row*column
as it is a square so a^2
now a^2 = 17424 ( As 5 men over )
so a= 132

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deepthi 9 years AGO

17429 is total men
to form a square number or men in first row is equal to number of rows , given 5 are left
so total men = men in first row * number of row(both are same let be x) 17424=x^2
x = 132

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Rohit 9 years AGO

as he has 5 more men so 17429-5=17424 men in square,
132*132=17424

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himanshu jaiswal 9 years AGO

total no of men required to form a solid square=17429-5
=17424
to make a solid square we have , its area=17424
a^2 = 17424
so the total no men on front side = 132

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Gaurab Kumar Jha 9 years AGO

army reqired to form a square is 17429-5=17424
no of men in first row= sqrt 17424=132

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K.NagaSugunaManasa 9 years AGO

Total =17429;
5 men over so 17429-5=17424
to form this as squre so calculate the square root value for the value 17424...
so the value is 132*132=17424
so the answer us 132

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chetan 9 years AGO

no of men formed square=17429-5=17424.
no of men in one row=√17424=132.

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MADHUBABU 9 years AGO

men arranged in a square = 17429 - 5 = 17424
no of men in front row =(17424)^(1/2) = 132

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M Sreekanth Yadav 9 years AGO

total men=17429
total men in solid square : 17429-5=17424
sqrt(17424)=132
front row = 132 men

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SHAIK MAHABOOB BASHA 9 years AGO

men arranged in a square=17429-5
=17424
number of men in front row=sqrt17424
=132

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Venkateswarlu 9 years AGO

total men in the square=17429-5=17424
men in front row=sqrt(17424)=132.

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Surendra Naraga 9 years AGO

Men arranged in a square=17429-5=17424
number of men in front row=√17424=132

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Chetharajupalli.Veerendar 9 years AGO

Number of men=17429....but he had 5 men extra
So now number of men are he had 17429-5=17424
So He arranged those 17424 in the solid square....In the front the number of men are

sqrt(17424)=132

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H. Sreekanth 9 years AGO

Men arranged in a square=17429-5=17424
number of men in a front row =(17429)^1/2=132

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DHAYYALA SREEKANTH REDDY 9 years AGO

men arranged in a square=17429-5=17424
number of men infront row=(17424)^1/2
=132

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venkatesh 9 years AGO

the front of row has menbers is=(17429-5)^1/2
=132

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momin ashraf ahamed 9 years AGO

132sq=17424
thus we can arrange 17429 men as square wid 5 men remaining.

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ramakrishnateja 9 years AGO

given that the total men is 17429. all ready 5 men over. so rem = 17424 who are placed along square so area = a^2=17424, a=132.

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krishnaveni 9 years AGO

let x men in the front row
then total no of men be x*x
given 5 men are more so (x*x)+5 = 17429
(x*x)= 17424
x=132 which are in the first row

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UJJWAL KAMAR 9 years AGO

17429-5=17424
Also (132)^2=17424
Since the general wanted to form a solid square, therefore no of men in the row will be equal to no of men in column. Hence no of men in front row will be 132

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ashvini kumar 9 years AGO

if there are n row and n column
so total men will be n*n in solid square
a/c n*n=17429-5
n*n=17424
n=132

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thakur 9 years AGO

every square is formed by "n " rows repeated n times.
so 17429-5=17424 is a perfect square of 132

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Mallikarjuna Reddy 9 years AGO

let n rows and n members
then from question
n*n+5=17429
n*n=17424
n=132
in first row 132 members are thers

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YASWANTH REDDY 9 years AGO

no.of men in the first row = square root of the total number of men forming the solid square = sq.rt (17429-5) = sq.rt of 17424 = 132

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Parthasarathi.S 9 years AGO

17429-5
17424
Area of square=a^2
sqrt(17424) = 132

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Sandip Deshmukh 9 years AGO

It is a square, so removing 5 extra men there are 17424 men remaining. As it is a square, the number of men on any side is same. So number of men i the front row = square root of 17424 which is 132. Hence answer is 132.

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bijitha 9 years AGO

square of 132 is 17424 ie 17429-5=17424. therefore side of a square is 132.

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Rahul Raj Barnwal 9 years AGO

since in solid square total men are (17429-5) = 17424
and area of square = a^2
so under root of 17424 = 132

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PRITI MISHRA 9 years AGO

let A be the edge of the square.
therefore, area of square (A*A)= (17429-5)
A=?17424=132
hence the no. of men in front row was 132

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Mathivanan 9 years AGO

To form a solid square=17429-5=17424
Therefore,a*a=17424 => a=132

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sainath somisetty 9 years AGO

5 people are more.
hence subtract 5 from 17429
so 17424
In units place there is 4 so square of 2 gives 4
hence 2 in the units place
square of 12 = 144
square of 13 = 169
square of 14 = 196
as 174 lies in between 13 and 14
hence answer is 132

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SANGAVI S 9 years AGO

sqrt(17429-5)
=132
Hence 132 men are in front row.

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Md Tauqueer Alam 9 years AGO

Subtract 5. find square root bcoz area=a^2 so a sqrt(area)

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RAHUL KUMAR 9 years AGO

17429-5= 17424
The num of men in front row is (17424)^1/2= 132
option 8 is right.

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Shubham Raj 9 years AGO

man arranged in square=17429-5 =17424
so, number of men in front row = (17424)1/2
=132

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chandan kumar mania 9 years AGO

men arranged in a square= 17,429-5=17,424
No. of men in front of row= root of 17,424 =132

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Priya Verma 9 years AGO

5 men over means ..number of men to form square = 17429-5=17424
squareroot of 17424= 132

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Mugesh sivagnanam Krishnapillai 9 years AGO

Mens arranged in square=17429-5-17424
Number of men in front row= (17424)^(1/2)=132.

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ranjit 9 years AGO

After removing 5 men
Now total men is 17424
For suare arrangement we need to find square root
of 17424

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Archana 9 years AGO

sqrt(17429-5)
since they should be filled in the solid square its area should be equaled to the number of people.

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