Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions

On interchanging - and /, we get the equation as

5 + 3 x 8 / 12 - 4 = 3

or 5 + 3 x (2/3) - 4 = 3

or 3 = 3, which is true.

We can get this by any of two explanations.

Answer 1: 41

7 = 3 + 4  = 34

Similarly, 5 = 4 + 1  = 41

Answer 2 :  41

7 - 3 = 4  => 34

Similarly, 5 - 4 = 1  => 41

The given series follows a pattern that,

19 x 19 x 19 = 6859

18 x 18 x 18 = 5832

17 x 17 x 17 = 4913

16 x 16 x 16 = 4096

15 x 15 x 15 = 3375

So, the missing number in the given series = 4913  

Clearly, the numerators of the fractions in the given sequence follow the series of 2, 3, 5, 7,... and the denominator follows 3, 9, 27, 81, 243, ...
Then, the next term in the given sequence is  935 = 9243 = 127 .

Here the series of the form is x2 - 1, x2 - 2, x2 - 3,...

 53 x 2 - 4 = 106 - 4 = 102

From the given information, the sitting arrangement can be

 P-Q-W-S-U-V-T-R  i.e. in circular as

From the above figure it is clear that opposite to U is P.

Daughter of brother-in-law — Niece;

Mother's niece — Cousin.

So, the girl is the cousin of Rita's friend.