CAT (QA) PYQs

A shop wants to sell a certain quantity (in kg) of grains. It sells half the quantity and an additional 3 kg of these grains to the first customer. Then, it sells half of the remaining quantity and an additional 3 kg of these grains to the second customer. Finally, when the shop sells half of the remaining quantity and an additional 3 kg of these grains to the third customer, there are no grains left. The initial quantity, in kg, of grains is

Aron bought some pencils and sharpeners. Spending the same amount of money as Aron, Aditya bought twice as many pencils and $10$ less sharpeners. If the cost of one sharpener is Rs. $2$ more than the cost of a pencil, then the minimum possible number of pencils bought by Aron and Aditya together is

Let $k$ be a constant. The equations $kx + y = 3$ and $4x + ky = 4$ have a unique solution if and only if