CAT Quantitative Ability Questions | CAT Algebra questions
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There are m blue vessels with known volumes V1, V2,....., Vm arranged in ascending order of volumes, where V1 is greater than 0.5 litres and Vm is less than 1 litre. Each of these is full of water. The water is emptied into a minimum number of white empty vessels each having volume 1 litre. If the volumes of the vessels increases with the value of lower bound 10–1 .
CAT/1999
Question . 180
If m is maximum then what is the minimum number of white vessels required to empty it?
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Method of solving this CAT Quantitative Ability Question from Algebra question
(d) To find the minimum number of white vessel requied to empty the vessel for maximum possible value of m i.e. 10, we have to use the formulae of sum to n terms of this A.P. series
