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Some good level and exam relevant LRDI sets to try

1. Arrangements
2. Team Formation
3. CAT 22 Quant based LRDI Just click on whatever set
4. Set Theory Optimization
5. Set Theory Equation based
you want to solve
6. Binary Logic (Truth Lie Alt Set)
7. Table based Set
8. Team Formation and Selection
9. Team Formation 2
10. Ranking set (Table based)
11. Table based ( Correct Wrong set)
12. Arrangement (Movie Time enter exit)
13. Games and Tournament
14. Games (Back Tracking)

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Bullet fire

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 Compound interest
• Rule of 72 - An easy way to approximately calculate how long it will
take to double an investment with a given rate of return.

For example, if your interest rate is 12% then it would take 72/12 = 6
years to double your investment.

• Rule of 115
• To triple your investment, divide 115 by your annual interest rate.
• So, if you're getting a return of 10% per year, it will take about 11.5
years for your investment to triple in size
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 Diff SI CI
• For 2 years Pr^2

For 3 yrs. The difference between 3 years’ simple interest and

compound interest is given by (P * R^2 *(300+R))/100^3

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 TSD
• if two cars are moving in an opposite direct from A to B and B to A resp.
and after crossing each other A reaches destination in x hr and B in y hr
then ratio of speed of A:B is sqrt(y/x)

• A and B move on a straight line towards each other .

• They meet in " T hours ".
• After meeting
• A reaches the other end in "T1 Hours "
• B reaches the other end in "T2 hours ".
• T^2 = (T1)(T2)

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 TSD
A starts from P towards Q. Simultaneously B starts from Q towards P. Post meeting, A takes a min to reach Q
And B takes b mins to reach A .

So Speed A/ Speed B =(b/a)^1/2

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 Algebra
• To find out the sum of 3-digit nos. formed with a set of given digits
• This is given by (sum of digits) * (no. of digits-1)! * 1111…1 (i.e. based
on the no. of digits)
• E.g.) Find the sum of all 5-digit nos. formed using the digits 2, 3, 5, 7
& 8.
• Sum = (2+3+5+7+8) * (5-1)! * 11111 (since 5 digits are there)
• = 25 * 24 * 11111
• =6666600

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 Mixtures
• If Q be the volume of a vessel q qty of a mixture of water and wine be
removed each time from a mixture n be the number of times this
operation be done and A be the final qty of wine in the mixture then ,
• A/Q = (1-(q/Q))^n

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Total triangles

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 Binomial
• Q is find the sum of coeff. of terms in expansion of (x+y)^12,
(x+1)^500……..

Trick
• Just put variable=1 , so 2^12 and 2^500

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 Rebound
• Ball rebounds to a/b of height.
• Alternatively distance covered = H*(a+b/a-b)

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 Factorial
• 1*1!+2*2!+….N*N!=(N+1)!-1

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 Wilson’s
• (p-1)! Mod p=-1
(p-2)! Mod p=1
(p-3)! Mod p=(p-1)/2

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 Right most non zero digit
• 25!

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 Max Min integral value

For non negative integral solution

-S(min)=(n-1)*lcm(a,b)
S(max)=[(n+1)*/cm(a,b)]-a-b

For positive integral soln

-S(min)=(n-1)*|cm(a,b)+a+b
S(max)=[(n+1)*|cm(a,b)]

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 P&C
• In a plane if there are n points of which no three are collinear, then:

•The number of straight lines that can be formed by joining them is

nC2.

• •The number of triangles that can be formed by joining them is nC3.

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• In a plane if there are n points out of which m points are collinear,
then:

•The number of straight lines that can be formed by joining them is

nC2 – mC2 + 1.
• •The number of triangles that can be formed by joining them is nC3 –
mC3.

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 Chessboard
• The number of rectangles in n*m board is given by n+1C2 * m+1C2

• The number of squares in n*m board is given by m*(m+1)*(3n-

m+1)/6

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 Series
• √(n+√(n-√(n+... infinity = (1+√(4n-3))/2
• √(n-√(n+√(n-.... infinity = (√(4n-3)-1)/2

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 Integral points
• |x-a| + |y-b| = n
• Then number of integral points(x,y)= 4n
• If |x| + |y| + |z| = n
• Then number of integral points = 4n^2 + 2

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 Nos
• aaaa...(p-1) times where p is a prime no.>5 then that no will be divide
by prime no. P

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 Area
• Area of |x+a|+|y+b|=k will be 2*k^2
• Area of |px+a|+|qy+b|=k will be 2*k^2/(p*q)
• like Area of |5x+4|+|3y+2|=4 will be 2*4^2/(5*3)=32/15

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 Nos
• a^(n+1) >(a+1)^n

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 Functions
• Set A has m elements, B has n
• From A to B
Total number of functions : same as distributing n balls into m boxes :
n^m ways
Total onto functions : same as distributing balls into boxes such that no
box remains empty : ( inclusion exclusion )
INTO : At least one empty = Total - Onto
• ******A set with ‘n’ elements will have 2^n subsets (2^n – 1 proper
subsets)
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 Product of factors
• no of times a no N can be expressed as product of 3 factors-
• ***special rule
• if N can be represented as product of distinct primes then no of ways
are {3^(n-1) +1}/2 where n is no of different primes
• example- no of ways 2310 can b expressed as product of 3 factors
• 2310= 2*3*5*7*11
• 5 distinct primes so n=5
• so 3^4+1/2 = 41Ans

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 Mixtures

=ab/(a+b)
= 30*60/90
= 20

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TSD
shortcut for this type of sum ->
3x - y
= 3 * 18.5 - 10.5
= 55.5 - 10.5
= 45
let total length of the pool be d m
so, for the 1st meeting
-> h's speed / a's speed = (d - x)/x
for the 2nd meet -> h/a = (x + d - y) / (d - x + y)
(d - x)/x = (d + x - y) / (d - x + y)
by solving this, we get d = 3x - y

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Some good level and exam relevant LRDI sets to try

1. Arrangements
2. Team Formation Just click on whatever set
3. CAT 22 Quant based LRDI you want to solve
4. Set Theory Optimisation
5. Set Theory Equation based
6. Binary Logic (Truth Lie Alt Set)
7. Table based Set
8. Team Formation and Selection
9. Team Formation 2
10. Ranking set (Table based)
11. Table based ( Correct Wrong set)
12. Arrangement (Movie Time enter exit)
13. Games and Tournament
14. Games (Back Tracking)

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