Bobrick & associates, inc. Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

1, 2, 4, 13, 31, 112,?
This series is written in base 5 numbers for decimal nos of 1,2,4,8,16,32,64

so next number is 224 .
224 in base 5 = 64 in base 10.

so 224 is next number.

GIVEN
80 CARDS IN 30 MINUTES.
Have to prove 7:30 ?
14 * 80 +80.
Answer is =1200.

Let the journey distance be : x miles
Now x/40+x/30=8 (time=distance/speed)
Solving this for x we get. x=960/7
therefore, x=137(approx)
(137.14 exact)

T is the last speaker.

d

30+32+34+36+38+40+42+44+46+48=390..

37

7/5 * 5/q = 7/10
35/5q = 7/10
q=10

3*2-1=5
5*2-2=8
8*2-3=13
13*2-4=22
22*2-5=39
39*2-6=72
so series is 3,5,8,13,22,39,72
24 should be replaced by 22
24 is wrong…….

1.5

Answer: 3121 gold coins
Let total no of coins be M
Let the disbursement D to each son:

D1 = 1 + (M – 1)/5 = (M + 4)/5
D2 = 1 + ( M – D1 -1)/5 = (D1) * 4/5
D3= (D2) * 4/5
D4= (D3) * 4/5
D5= (D4) * 4/5
Total disbursements to sons=
= ∑D= (M+4)*1/5[ 1+4/5+(4/5)(4/5)+ (4/5)(4/5)(4/5)+(4/5)(4/5)(4/5)(4/5) ]
= (2101/3125)*(M+4)
Thus balance left for daughters =M-{(2101/3125)*(M+4)}
=(1024M-8404)/3125
This balance should be a positive integer ( assuming M and all disbursements are full coins )
Thus 1024M-8404 should be a multiple of 3125….so….
1024M – 8404 = N*3125 where N is an integer
Using Python code:
n=int(input(“Enter num n: “))
X=int()
a=int()
a=0
X=’ ‘
for a in range(0,n+1):
a=a+1
X= (3125*a + 8404)/1024
if (3125*a + 8404)% 1024== 0:
print(X,a)
Enter num n: 10000
3121.0 1020
6246.0 2044
9371.0 3068
12496.0 4092
15621.0 5116
18746.0 6140
21871.0 7164
24996.0 8188
28121.0 9212
We get minimum value of N = 1021 and M = 3121 gold coins