GMAT Quantitative Reasoning Practice Test 5

Question : 18 of 100

Marks: +1, -0

A Hawk can glide for 4 consecutive hours without resting using thermals only. An eagle can glide 14.5% longer without resting using the same thermals. If an eagle makes 3 stops during a certain glide, each stop after gliding its maximum possible time, how many hours long was the glide not including the resting time?

$18.32$
$13.74$
$15.66$
$9.16$
$16$

Validate

Solution:

14.5 \%

of 4 are 0.58 . Thus, an eagle can fly for 4.58 consecutive hours without resting. Since the eagle rested 3 times, he could glide four periods

4 × 4.58

hours

=18.32

hours.

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