19 votes 19 votes If $137 + 276 = 435$ how much is $731+672?$ $534$ $1403$ $1623$ $1513$ Analytical Aptitude gatecse-2010 analytical-aptitude normal logical-reasoning + – go_editor asked Sep 30, 2014 • edited Jun 7, 2018 by Milicevic3306 go_editor 8.6k views answer comment Share Follow See 1 comment See all 1 1 comment reply rsansiya111 commented Feb 27, 2022 reply Follow Share Ans is C 0 votes 0 votes Please log in or register to add a comment.
Best answer 30 votes 30 votes Answer. C. $(137)_{8} + (276)_{8} = (435)_{8}$ So basically the number are given in Octal base. Similarly, addition of $731,672$ gives $1623$ in octal. shree answered Oct 22, 2014 • edited Jun 21, 2021 by Lakshman Bhaiya shree comment Share Follow See all 3 Comments See all 3 3 Comments reply Peeyush Pandey commented Dec 15, 2018 reply Follow Share assume base is x then convert numbers in given equation to decimal then find the value of x x^2+3x+7 + 2x^2+7x+6 = 4x^2+3x+5 x=8,-1 base cannot be -1 so x=8 5 votes 5 votes toxicdesire commented Nov 28, 2019 reply Follow Share Why not (A)? - probably because "How much is..." is asked, which signifies quantity, which means the individual terms are supposed to be treated as numbers. If asked as "What is ..." then the question will become ambiguous and option (A) will be equally rightful candidate for the correct option, since the question can be interpreted as an encoding scheme. 5 votes 5 votes ankit3009 commented Jan 22, 2021 reply Follow Share Thanks Sir ji :) 0 votes 0 votes Please log in or register to add a comment.
10 votes 10 votes This is Octal number and this is how we have to solve it Nikhil Prasad answered Jan 27, 2017 Nikhil Prasad comment Share Follow See all 3 Comments See all 3 3 Comments reply Barbarian King commented Jan 27, 2017 reply Follow Share How do we identify this is octal in first place ? 2 votes 2 votes Nikhil Prasad commented Jan 27, 2017 reply Follow Share Because all the given 3 digit numbers are less than 8 10 votes 10 votes Punit Sharma commented Dec 2, 2019 reply Follow Share @Nikhil Prasad But it can be other base also like base 9, and so on..best way is to assume it as some base x and then convert them into decimal... 4 votes 4 votes Please log in or register to add a comment.
0 votes 0 votes base is 8 here so simple ,(435) base 8 is answer air1ankit answered Sep 30, 2017 air1ankit comment Share Follow See all 0 reply Please log in or register to add a comment.