HITS, MISSES AND SURPRISES FROM IPL AUCTION 2016

Going into the Indian Premier League auction 2016 on Saturday (February 6), the likes of Shane Watson and Yu Singh were expected to fetch a fat pay cheque. Watson eventually went to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 9.5 crore while Yuvraj went to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs. 7 crore but not before the franchises surprised everyone by not going after him straight away. Mumbai Indians went for him after a lengthy delay before Bangalore and Hyderabad joined in.

It was interesting to see that the franchises were a bit cautious throughout the day and while there was aggressive bidding in some cases, it didn't stretch past the Rs. 10 Crore mark - a mark breached quite a few times last year.

"Having been in this in the last eight years the franchises have become very smart. They know when to enter a bid and when to leave. They know what team they want and they get it," explained TA Sekar, the Delhi Daredevils coach. 

Preity Zinta too had the same version to offer. "Franchises here, who have been here the longest, understand that you play to a plan and not bid for the players."

But the auction was much more than who fetched what. There were winners, some bystanders, a few surprises and a few lucky steals.

The winners

These are good times from Pawan Negi. He has done well for the Delhi state side and was named in the squad for the Asia Cup and the ICC World T20 2016. To make things better, he was bought by Delhi for a whopping Rs. 8.5 crore - the second highest bid for the day.

It was a good day for Jos Buttler and Chris Morris as well. The England wicket-keeper was bought by Mumbai for Rs. 3.8 crore and we are all aware of what he's capable of.However, a few people were a bit surprised when, Morris who had a base price of Rs. 50 lakh, was bought by Delhi for Rs. 7 crore.

"We feel Morris is a very good bowler, who can bat a bit. Everyone thinks, T20 is about batsmen, but if you have a good bowling side you can restrict the opposition under 150 and then chase it down easily. Morris was very much in our plans," said Sekar, explaining why Delhi went after him.

Taylor out, Southee back for first  Australia test

Ross Taylor, Senior New Zealand batsman, has been ruled out of the first Test against Australia, starting next friday, putting rising batting star Henry Nicholls in line for his debut.

 Taylor is struggling with a side strain suffered during a Twenty20 International match against Pakistan last month.

 Henry has been very impressive the way hhe is made the step up to international cricket and we are confident of the job he can do for us in the top order, Mike hesson, New zealand hesd coach said,

 Nichollas international career consists of eight odios with an impressive 61 agaisnst Australia in auckland odio on wednesday which New zealand won by 159 runs.

 On the other hand, Tim southee, Who suffered a foot injury in the third one-day international against sri lanka in december last year, has been declared fit to resume international duties.

 The squad announced by new zealand cricket on friday on the eve of the second Odio against Australia, also includes Matt Henry, all-rounder corey Anderson who missed the November Test series in Australia. Hesson said southee, who forms a potent new-ball attack with Trent boult, was New zealands most experinced bowler and we were excited to have him fit and a part o our pace bowling attack.

 Matt also comes back into the squad after some really strong performances throughout the summer, and with coreys return we now have a number of seam  bowling options to consider.

its well documented how good a test side australia are and we know it will take some exceptional cricket for us to have a chance of taking out the series 

 NewZealand squad for first test: Brendon Mccullum, corey Anderson, Doug bracewell, trent Boult, Martin guptil, Matt Henry, Tom latham, Henry Nicholls, Mitchell santner, Tim Southee, Neil wagner, bj watling and kane willaiam.

Negi, Shami included for world T20 and asia cup

Pawan ni and injured MOhammed shami were included the india squads announced, on friday(february 5) , for the upcoming Asia cup and icc World cup and icc World Twenty20.

The meeting was attended by the national selectors along with MS Dhoni, team captain, and Anurag Thakur, secretary of Board of control for cricket in indai(bcci).

  India have announced the same squad for both the tournaments and sandeep patil, head of the national selection panel, was of the view that this was the best squad picked given the conditions that the tournament will be played in.

  We always give importance to domestic performances. Horses for courses has worked well, looking at the ipl and other domestic T20 tournaments, said patil to the media in Delhi. Patil stressed that the recent performances in syed mushtaq Ali trophy and vijay Hazare Trophy were given importance.

A couple of players who might feel hard done by after being left out include manish pandey and amit mishra but patil insisted that they were amongst the names discussed. manish has done exepionally well for us receently and he is the future. His name was certainly discussed, said patil.

  We have full respect for amit mishra has done but emotions can not dictate selections, he added, we discussed him and many other names. The selectors and the captain felt this was the best combination we could have done with. Patil also backed harbhajan singh and negi to be the right men for the slots available. Shami he said, had recoverd and added that there was a full month to assess the pacers fitness.

 The asia cup begins on february 24 in banladesh while the Word T20 kicks off on march 08 in india.

asia cup and world t20 squad

MS dhoni(c), Rohit sharma, shikhar dhawan, virat kohli, suresh raina, Yuvraj singh, Ajinkya Rhane, Ravindra jadeja, Hardik pandya, R ashwin,Harbhajan singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Ashish Nehra, Pawan Negi, Mohammed Shami

CLINICAL BATTING HELPS INDIA CLINCH A THRILLING CHASE

The last time he batted for india, Yuvraj singh struggled to 11 of 21 balls as indai fell shortin the World T20 final in Bngladesh in 2014. That turned out to be Yuvraj last game for india for more than months. For most part of his innings in the third T20 against Australia in sydney, it looked like his knock would go the same way as it did as it did in mirpur.

  Yuvraj had struggled to five off nine as australia had fought back and put themselves on top in their defence 197. The hosts had put up a strong score thanks to a superb hundred by thier stand-in captain, shane watson. Yuvraj struggle had left india needing 17 oof six balls, and he was on strike against Andrew tye.

  He moved across to the off-side and picked up a four off the first ball. That was his first boundary of his first boundary of the innings. Next ball, he  stayed put and slammed a full ball into the stand. India were suddenly favourites and yuvraj was resposible for the stunning tournariund. India needed seven four, which turned to six off four when they stole a single. 

 Suresh raina picked up two couples of the next two balls as india went within youching distance of a win. They needed two from the last ball, which suresh raina backed away and carved over point. India had won by seven wickets, and had swept the series 3-0

 Chasing a big total, india got off to a blitzy start with rohith sharma and shikhar dhawan taking the attack to the bowlers. Rohit was the initial aggressor, but dhawan hit fifth gear immediatly soon after. He slammed shaun tait for 24 in an over before cutting shanewatson. who was named captain for the game after injury had ruled out regular again.  His 26 off nine balls had given india the momentum.

CLARKE SET TO MAKE COMEBACK TO COMPETITIVE CRICKET

Former Australian captian Michael clarke has announced his come back plans to competitive cricket.He will turn out for his new south wales grade cricket club western suburbs against randwick-petersham on february20.

 Incidentally, the second Test between New zealand and Australia will be starting on the same day. When asked about a potential comeback to international cricket, Clarke said he would never say never to anything

He also revealed that he intends to play in the indain Premier League, Big bash league and the sheffield shield. To step away from cricket for four months has been great, i have found my body has enjoyed it and my mind i too clark told news limited

 At the same time i have realised the game of cricket is in my blood. i have looking for an outlet to replace what i have chosen to walk away from. So i will start with playing his grade game for western suburbs and see if i miss it as much as i feel like am going to. if a do the option is there to tran the entire winter and then we will see what happens. There is bbl next summer i would love to the part of that IPL cricket. there is possibly even sheffield shield cricket for NSW, he added. 

 Even though he is targeting oonly the shorter formats for his comeback, he has not ruled out anything for the future. it does not matter what level you are playing or who you are playing for, i frecognised that i missed the game. All i know is i will never say never to anything. I will start with western suburbs and we will see where it takes me. For now, my fov=cus is defintly the shorter format of the game..

351 players up for IPL auction on february six

 As many as 351 cricketers are set to go under the hammer When the 2016 indian Premier league players auction takes place in bengalure on on february 6. However, only a  maximum of 116 players can be bought at the auction.

 The full list of players ahort listed for the auctions has been released. It includes 130 capped players, 219 uncapped players and two from associate nations.Out of these ,230 are indians and 121 foriegners. The list was trimmed down from the original list of 714 cricketers who had given their names for the IPL auctions. 29 australian capped cricketres have been short-listed for the auction. They are followed by players from india (26), west indies(16) new zealand(9), england (7) and bangladesh(5).

 Yuvraj singh, kevin petrson ashish nehra, shane watson/ ishant sharma, sanju samson, dinesh karthik,stuart binny and dhawal kulkarni are among the cricketers who have been listed with a base of Rs 2 crore.

 Yuvraj, who was left out of delhi daredevils had fetched the highest price in the last two IPL auctions. Having returened to the national fold ahead of the ICC World T20, he is likely to attract a high bid in the upcoming auction.

  Delhi daredevils who have released someof their biggest buys from the previous season - yuvraj singh and angelo mathews have the haviest purse going into the auction Rs37.15 crore................

NARINE , GAYLE BACK IN WEST INDIES SQUAD ICC WORLD TWENTY20 2016

West indies have named the squad for the ICC World Twenty20 to be held in india in march with sunil narine also named in darren sammy-led side on friday.

 narine was reported for suspect action in november last year during the third one-day international against srilanka in pallekele. The off spinner is expected to undergotesting at the loughborough university facility in england.

 Narine has had problems with his action and has been reported in the indian premier league and the champions League T20. He was named in squad for the ICC world cup in Australia and newzeland but later withdrew his name. As many as 11 members are there in the squad that won the tournament in 2012 in srilanka.Chris gayle, Who last played for west indies in March last year, also has been named in the squad that also features the likes of dwayne bravo, Kieron pollard and Andre Russel, who has done really well in the games shortest format for various franchises across the globe. Jason Holder too has been named in the squad While Marlon Samuels will play as a pure batsman after he was banned from bowling in international cricket for 12 months in December last year.

  Samuel badree, the leg spinner who has played just T20 is for West indies, returns to the mix of things after july 2014. He is the no.1 ranked bowler ranking and has played 22  T20is, bagging 35 wickets at an average of 14.96 and an economy of 5.39.

 West indies have done well in the last two editions-Winning the tournament in 2012 and then reached the semi-finals in 2014. They will participate in training camp in the united arab emirates from February 22.

  Squad: Drren sammy(capt), samuel bedree, sulieman benn, Darren Bravo, Dwayne Bravo, Andre Fletcher, Chris Gayle, Jason Holder, Sunil narine, Kieron pollard, denesh Ramdin, Andre Russel, Marlon samuels, Lenl simmons, Jerome Taylor.

INDIA WIN BY 27 RUNS

With the victory MCG , the visitors have an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the three match series.

   Australia made six changes, but even that was not enough  from stopping a confident indian team from claiming a series win in Melbourne. It was in the same venue that india found their hopes of winning the one day international series and on tuesday, there was a reversal of fortunes as india beat the hosts by 27 runs to take an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the series.

  This was the first time ever that india have won a bilateral series of any kind in australia.

chasing 185 to level the series, Australia made a frenetic start with aaron finch scoring heavily. Jasprit Bumrah and ashish nehra came in for some heavy damage as finch, and sometimes shaun marsh, laid into the pacers. Finch smashed the left armer for three back to back fours in the third over as australia wrested control early into the innings.

  They were also helped by some shabby fielding, with rishi dhawan putting down a tough chance off the same batsman. Howevwe shaun marsh wickets of the 59th ball of the innings, to r Ashwin presented india with an opening.

 Ms dhoni immediately brought on his fifth bowling options in Hardik pandya and yuvraj singh and they paid immediate dividends. Pandya had chris lynn sky a catch to the keeper for 2, while the captain combined with yuvraj to effect the stumping of glenn maxwell for one and restore parity.

 With shane watson and finch out in the middle, Australia still were in with a great chance. Ravindra jadeja, however, pulled a stunning return catch off his own bowling to send back watson before firing in a rocket throw to catch finch short.From 90 for no loss Australia had slumped to 124 for five. And it turned out to be a position they could not recover from. Bumrah, who has been indias find of the series. fittingly took a wicket of the last ball to give india a big win.

Asked to bat first, India made rollicking start with rohit sharma and shikhar dhawan scoring breezily. The opening pair added 97 in just 11 overs and their clean hitting was a highlight.The duo offered no chances other than a couple of tight run-out calls, but even those were touch and go. Dhawan was the first to depart, When he played a reverse sweep straight to point to be dismissed  for 43.

     Rohith notched up his fifty soon after, and with virat kohli at the other end. India made rapid progress. Rohit innings in particular, showcased two contrasts. He took 10 balls to get off the mark, but that was the opening he needed as he whacked four fours off his next  six balls to catch up.He reached his fifty off just 37 deliveries.

  Kohli too, looked in pristine form after his sedate start. He took on john hasings and slammed his for back to back fours.

 He brought up his sixth fifty in seven innings this year, off just 29 balls, as india ended with 184/3

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PROFIT AND LOSS APPROPRIATION ACCOUNT

Transaction of the partnership are recorded according to the double entry system of accounting.For recording the transactions the procedure followed is similar to that of the sole proprotoship. Staring from journal , cash book and other subsidiary books Viz. Purchases books sales books etc. Ledger and trail balance are prepared to know about the profitabilty and financial position of the business. Till here there is a is no diffrence between the accounts of a sole proprietor and a partnership firm. Now the question arise that how to divide the profit or losses among the partners and how to make other appropriations like salary,commission,interst on capital etc.

So after making the profit and loss account of a partnership firm the next step is to divide the profits or losses among the partners and to make other appropriations like interest in capital, salary, commission, etc For this purpose an other account is prepared profit and loss appropriation account.

This account is prepared to show the division of profit and other appropriation among partners like salary, commission, interst on capital etc

NEED FOR THE VALUATION OF GOODWILL

The valuation of goodwill of a sole proprietorship is done when the business being sold, but in case of partnership firm and a joint stock company goodwill can be sold to another business entity without selling the whole business.Hence when you are going to sell the goodwill of your business, you should be assured of the value of your goodwill at that particular time.

In case of a partnership firm, there is a need for the valuation of goodwill of the firm in the following cases.

1. In case of a change in the profit sharing ratio of the firm;
2. In case of admission of a new partner
3. In case of death or retirement of an old partner
4. In case of sale/amalgamation of the firm

In the case of joint stock company, Goodwill is valued in the following circumstances:

1. In case of amalgamation of two or more companies.
2. In case of taking over of business of a company or another company
3. In case of taking over the business of the company by government
4. In case of conversion of shares in one class in to another
5. If a company wants to acquire control of another company.
6. In case of valuation of shares of the company for taxation purposes, If stock exchange quotations are not available.

CALCULATION OF GOODWILL IN WEIGHTED AVERAGE PROFIT METHOD

The weighted average profit method is an improvement over simple average profit method.

Under this method weights are assigned to each year profit for calculating goodwill.

the profits of each year are multiplied with the respective weight assigned to recent year.Usually more weightage is assigned to recent years. The product of the profits with weights is added. This sum of products is then divided by the total number of weights. This method is suitable in case of rising trend of profits.

FORMULA: Weighted Average profit= sum of weighted profits/sum of weights

VALUE OF GOODWILL= Weighted Average Profits *No. of years purchase.

ACCOUNTING

There are mainly three types of accounts

1. Real accounts
2. Personal accounts
3. Nominal accounts

REAL ACCOUNTS

Accounts related to assets come under the category of  real accounts e.g land, furniture,machinery,goodwill,patent are real accounts. Some of the assess of the business are such which you can touch, feel and see e.g. Land, machinery, furniture are such assets.Tangible assets have physical existence. Some of the examples of the tangible assets are cash,inventories,debtors,securities,land,building,machinery,furniture etc.

In business its not necessary that all assets must have a physical existence. Some assets are which cannot be touched, seen or felt but they have a economic value. The example of such assets are goodwill,patents, trademark,brand value, human intelligence.These assets are called intangible assets.

PERSONAL ACCOUNTS

Accounts related to persons are called personal accounts. In business we have to deal with a number of persons. Some are living like us and some are artificial which do not have a living existence but have a separate legal existence. Thus in Accountany we classify persons in to natural persons and  artificial persons.

Natural persons are the persons who are living e.g Rahul, Mohit

Artificial persons are all the firms , companies, institutions with whom you deal.

NOMINAL ACCOUNTS

These are the accounts related incomes and expenditures of a business entity. Expenditure and expenses are the amount paid or payable which has given its benifit to the business in the fiscal year. eg salaries, rent, transportation,electricity, taxes..etc

Incomes are the receipts which increase the profits of the business. Examples of commission received, interest received,divedent received etc..  

poem:

A BABY VIEW OF ABORTION(yoonoos peerbocus)

I came as tomorrow 

swaddled in innocence

to your warm womb

mother.....

with out your choice

or mine

destined to up date

with time

our human tree

but before love

grew in to flesh and words

what is unfinished creation

a precipitation of blood

became my transcendence

A CIRCLE(sahaha lalithambika)

The earth we live is a circle .

Hot hot sun is a circle.

The cool moon is a circle.

Delicious orange is a circle.

Bangles we wear too is a circle.

Hey... The ball we play is also a circle.

children! Now we know

What is a circle is !

A DREAM WITH IN A DREAM

Take this kiss upon the brow!

and, in parting from you now,

Thus much let me avow-

You are not wrong, Who deem

That my days have been a dream;

Yet if hope has flown away

In a night or in a day

in a vision or in none

Is it therefore the less gone?

All that we see or seem

Is but a dream within a dream.

I stand amid the roar,

of a surf-tormented shore,

And I hold with in my hand

Grains of the golden sand

How few! yet how they creep 

Through my fingers to the deep,

While I weep -while I weep

O God! can I not save

On from the pitiless wave?

Is all that we see or seem 

But a dream within a dream?

.................................................continue

             LEARNING BY MIRANDA JACOBS

A mother strives to deal with the limitations of her ability to console her child.

My son, John, embattled in virtual warfare, finds his spaceship commandeered by a rival. Such a manoeuvre strikes him as odd given the framework of a game geared to skill and ability rather than attack, aggression.

"Damn!" he says, "i was enjoying this match.Now i will have to shut down, and then start over"

From outside, winter winds claw the warmth of the room via a recent crack in a windowpane. placing pinewood log on our life, "Are you there is nothing more you might try?" I ask all but certain there is not, but saddened to see him looks so forlorn. He shakes his head.

sitting back down at my desk , i resume work on my P.H.D dissertation on child development.

John re-boots his system. it seems Ok.

But then he absorbs the fact, by degrees, that someone has sent a viruses. desrtoyed the computer for which he had saved up for nearly a year. Worse, this vandal has to have been one of the players, perhaps even infiltrating the game for the chance to demolish.

As John sits baffled, bewildered, i sense questions he feels too awkward to ask:

Why would someone will have never met to me harm? whats the reason for this cruelty?

in my own mind i can only respond that throughout the history of human thought, there has been no definitive answer.

I ache to rush over, hug him and say, dad and i will buy you a better PC. Then go make some hot cocoa.

still, nothing i can promise or bring can erase the misery of this betrayal.

John is  a boy, a young man i should say, who one day last week came home from school drenched, shivering, ice formaing in his hair. frost on his eyebrows...........(continue)

 

BREAKING DOWN THE BREAKDOWN

Alerts about a medical equipments possible failure could be a game changer.

In the current health care context,after-sales plays a vital role while buying any large medical equipments.it is the biggest influencer for a clinician while deciding toinvest on equipment. For any health care provider,turning away patients is undesirable and one of the causes of this situation is machine breakdown.This is especially cricitical in high-end machines like a CT scanner,MRI system,cath lab or a laboratory automation system. 

   How quickly a machine can be up and running was a concern of the past. Todays question is how well in advance would a clinician know about the problem with his system. The sheer possibility of getting a pre-alert of a fault is a game changer.This is digitalisation i service.

 Remote access has become parts of todays connected world. It is used reactively as well as proactively.In the reactive mode, it is used to fix problems when the customer reports an issue.

In the proactive mode, the equipment kepps relaying deviation in performance to the server, which is monitored by technical experts of the equipment company.

YOGA

STABLE SUPPORT

The shoulder girdle and the hip girdle form the two basic supports for the trunk.the shoulder blades give mobility to the upper extremities and a host of muscles are involved in making this possible.Here is a technique,using the stability ball, to maintain the stability of the shoulder blades.The upper back and lower back and lower back also benefit from exercise:

METHODS:

• FIRST,SIT ON YOUR HEELS IN FRONT OF THE BALL
• KNEEL,LEAN FORWARD AND REST THE ELBOWS ON THE BALL.
• PRESS THE BALL WITH THE FOREARMS.
• FOLD THE TOES,ROLL THE BALL FORWARD AND STRAIGHTEN THE LEGS.
• ENSURE THAT THE TRUNK IS PARALLEL TO THE FLOOR.
• FOOT SHOULD BE PERPENDICULAR FROM THE BASE OF THE HEEL,AND LEGS STRAIGHT.
• PRESS THE FOREARMS ON THE BALL AND STABILISE THE POSTURE.
• THE POSTURE CAN BE MADE LESS DIFFICULT BY INCREASING THE DISTANCE BETWEEN FEET.
• AS YOU INHALE,EXPAND THE ABDOMEN AND AS YOU EXHALE,CONTRACT THE ABDOMINAL MUSCLES.
• STAY FOR ABOUT 20-30 SECONDS WITH SLOW BREATHING.
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THE CURIOUS CASE OF HYPERTENSION

I woke up the other day to the major newspapers breaking the results of a new study that showed more intensive blood pressure treatment to less than 120 systolic reduced the rate of heart heart attacks by 30 per cent and mortality by 25 percent. I was a little peeved that i had to read the information in the paper, before the entire study was published and secondly because of the barrage of phone calls that the articles would generate.

          If you are planning to call your doctor,let me save you a call.The detailed study results will only be released in a few months. So no new recommendations will be made till we dissect the study  and the price the patients paid with regard to side effects to achieve  this new goal.While we are talking about medical information in the papers,I will let you in on little secret in the medical data world.The risk reduction that you read about is what we call relative risk reduction. say a group receiving a treatment has a rate of heart attacks of 20 per cent. you would assume that the risk reduction is 4 per cent. That is the absolute risk and not what is reported. The relative risk in this case is 20 per cent and that is what is reported in the media.The relative risk in a rough calculation is 16/20, which is 0.8, the remaining.20 translates into the relative risk reduction.. 

YOGA MADE EASY

The shoulder complex make many movements possible.One of these is flexion.Three factors come into play in imparting this movement: degree of flexion,intensity and load. These give a good stretch for the arms, shoulders complex and upper chest. The posture also relieves stiffness in the neck.

NOTE: these postures must be practiced in a graded way. Those who have a history of shoulder dislocation must consult your doctor before practicing these postures. The facilitator should have a good idea about the practitioners abilities and limitations.

METHOD

• practioner: Lie prone on a yoga mat
• Strech arms forward
• stay for about 30 seconds with slow deep breathing
• Gently lower the belt

IN SUPPORT OF LIFE 

With noninvasive ventilation, a critical care patient can how breathe easy without having a tube put into his lungs. It is,however, recommended only for select patients. Newer biomarkers can tell whether a person has an active infection or not so that antibiotics can be stopped in cases where they are not required.Here are a few major advancements in critical care.

Therapeutic hypothermia  

      Therapeutic hypothermia or targeted temperature management refers to deliberate reduction of core body temperature, typically to a range of about 32 to 34 degrees Celsius for 24 hours in patients who do not regain consciousness after return of spontaneous circulation following cardiac arrest. The technique is used to protect the brain from further damage.

Infection control in hospitals 

Every year,lives are lost because of the spread of infections in hospitals.Nowadays, every hospital has a dedicated infection control nurse and committee to monitor incidence of infections in the hospitals and take steps to minimise occurrence.proper hand-washing is the most effective way to prevent the spread of infections in hospitals.

Endobronchial ultrasound 

In this, the physician performs a procedure called transbronchial needle aspiration to obtain tisue or fluid samples from the lungs and surrounding lymph nodes without conventional surgery. The sample can be used for diadnosing and staging lung cancer, detection infection and identifying inflammatory diseases that affec the lungs.

PAN CT scan and MRI brain screening

Most hospitals nowadays do head to thigh CT scan which takes hardly 15 minutes in seriously injured patients.The test helps in detecting injuries and their severity so that the doctor can prioritise lifesaving treatment. MRI brain screening again, in about 15 minutes, helps identify and rule out major stroke and infection in the brain.

• MATHEMATICS

1. Mrs. Rodger got a weekly raise of $145. If she gets paid every other week, write an integer describing how the raise will affect her paycheck.

Solution:

Let the 1st paycheck be x (integer).

Mrs. Rodger got a weekly raise of $ 145.

So after completing the 1st week she will get $ (x+145).

Similarly after completing the 2nd week she will get $ (x + 145) + $ 145.

= $ (x + 145 + 145)

= $ (x + 290)

So in this way end of every week her salary will increase by $ 145.

2. The value of x + x(x^x) when x = 2 is:

(a) 10, (b) 16, (c) 18, (d) 36, (e) 64

Solution:

x + x(x^x)

Put the value of x = 2 in the above expression we get,

2 + 2(2²)

= 2 + 2(2 × 2)

= 2 + 2(4)

= 2 + 8

= 10

Answer: (a)

3. Mr. Jones sold two pipes at $1.20 each. Based on the cost, his profit one was 20% and his loss on the other was 20%. On the sale of the pipes, he:

(a) broke even, (b) lost 4 cents, (c) gained 4 cents, (d) lost 10 cents, (e) gained 10 centsSolution:

20 % profit on $ 1.20

= $ 20/100 × 1.20

= $ 0.20 × 1.20

= $ 0.24

Similarly, 20 % loss on $ 1.20

= $ 20/100 × 1.20

= $ 0.20 × 1.20

= $ 0.24

Therefore, in one pipe his profit is $ 0.24 and in the other pipe his loss is $ 0.24.

Since both profit and loss amount is same so, it’s broke even.

Answer: (a)

4. The distance light travels in one year is approximately 5,870,000,000,000 miles. The distance light travels in 100 years is:

(a) 587 × 10⁸ miles, (b) 587 × 10¹⁰ miles, (c) 587 × 10^-10 miles, (d) 587 × 10¹²miles, (e) 587 × 10^-12 miles

Solution:

The distance of the light travels in 100 years is: 

5,870,000,000,000 × 100 miles.

= 587,000,000,000,000 miles.

= 587 × 10¹² miles.

Answer: (d)

5. A man has $ 10,000 to invest. He invests $ 4000 at 5 % and $ 3500 at 4 %. In order to have a yearly income of $ 500, he must invest the remainder at:

(a) 6 % , (b) 6.1 %, (c) 6.2 %, (d) 6.3 %, (e) 6.4 %

Solution:

Income from $ 4000 at 5 % in one year = $ 4000 of 5 %.

= $ 4000 × 5/100.

= $ 4000 × 0.05.

= $ 200.

Income from $ 3500 at 4 % in one year = $ 3500 of 4 %.

= $ 3500 × 4/100.

= $ 3500 × 0.04.

= $ 140.

Total income from 4000 at 5 % and 3500 at 4 % = $ 200 + $ 140 = $ 340.

Remaining income amount in order to have a yearly income of $ 500 = $ 500 - $ 340.

= $ 160.

Total invested amount = $ 4000 + $ 3500 = $7500.

Remaining invest amount = $ 10000 - $ 7500 = $ 2500.

We know that, Interest = Principal × Rate × Time

Interest = $ 160,

Principal = $ 2500,

Rate = r [we need to find the value of r],

Time = 1 year.

160 = 2500 × r × 1.

160 = 2500r

160/2500 = 2500r/2500 [divide both sides by 2500]

0.064 = r

r = 0.064

Change it to a percent by moving the decimal to the right two places r = 6.4 %

Therefore, he invested the remaining amount $ 2500 at 6.4 % in order to get $ 500 income every year.

Answer: (e)



6. Jones covered a distance of 50 miles on his first trip. On a later trip he traveled 300 miles while going three times as fast. His new time compared with the old time was:

(a) three times as much, (b) twice as much, (c) the same, (d) half as much, (e) a third as much

Solution:

Let speed of the 1st trip x miles / hr. and speed of the 2nd trip 3x / hr.

We know that

Speed = Distance/Time.

Or, Time = Distance/Speed.

So, times taken to covered a distance of 50 miles on his first trip = 50/x hr.

And times taken to covered a distance of 300 miles on his later trip = 300/3x hr.

= 100/x hr.

So we can clearly see that his new time compared with the old time was: twice as much.

Answer: (b)

7. If (0.2)^x = 2 and log 2 = 0.3010, then the value of x to the nearest tenth is:

(a) -10.0, (b) -0.5, (c) -0.4, (d) -0.2, (e) 10.0

Solution:

(0.2)^x = 2.

Taking log on both sides 

log (0.2)^x = log 2.

x log (0.2) = 0.3010, [since log 2 = 0.3010].

x log (²/₁₀) = 0.3010.

x [log 2 - log 10] = 0.3010.

x [log 2 - 1] = 0.3010,[since log 10=1].

x [0.3010 -1] = 0.3010, [since log 2 = 0.3010].

x[-0.699] = 0.3010.

x = ^0.3010/_-0.699.

x = -0.4306….

x = -0.4 (nearest tenth)

Answer: (c)



8. If 10^2y = 25, then 10^-y equals:

(a) ^-1/₅, (b) ¹/₆₂₅, (c) ¹/₅₀, (d) ¹/₂₅, (e) ¹/₅

Solution:

10^2y = 25

(10^y)² = 5²

10^y = 5

¹/_10^y = ¹/₅ 

10^-y = ¹/₅

Answer: (e)

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