Amazon Interview Question for Software Engineer / Developers






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third mean? when you divide an item by three the number you end up with is a third eg 30 divide by 3 equals 10 and that means ten is a third of 30.

So, Divide by third = 20/(20/3) = 3
Add 10 => 10+3 = 13

- Yash February 20, 2011 | Flag Reply
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I'm pretty sure the questions can be directly translated to: 20 / (1/3) + 10, which would equal 70. I'm not really sure where Yash is going considering technically, any number is "a third" if you use that logic.

- Anonymous February 28, 2011 | Flag Reply
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lol... i agree.. is this a grammar or programming interview

- Anonymous May 24, 2011 | Flag
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30....
30/3+10=20

- Shekhar Agrawal February 16, 2011 | Flag Reply
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Divide by 'a third' = 1/3
20/(1/3)+10 = (20*3)+10
=80

- Mat February 16, 2011 | Flag Reply
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actually 70

- John September 19, 2011 | Flag
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70 not 80

- Anonymous February 17, 2011 | Flag Reply
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@ yash : I agree

- Balaji February 23, 2011 | Flag Reply
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@yash : I agree with you...

- Rishi June 08, 2011 | Flag
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then in the question it should be ..."divide by its third"..and not divide by a third, although if you are grammar savy you would know...@yash sol is correct

- Anonymous June 10, 2011 | Flag Reply
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30!
It says divided by a third, does not mean take away anything. So the answer is 20+10.

- Anonymous May 18, 2013 | Flag Reply


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