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CH 01

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General Aptitude · GATE

Key points

  • Work: if A takes a days and B takes b days, together they take ab / (a + b) days.
  • Successive % changes a and b: net change = a + b + ab/100.
  • Average speed for equal distances at x and y: 2xy / (x + y).
  • Clock: hands overlap every 720/11 minutes.
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