Of the 60 students in a class, only the students who had obtained Grade A in Science could apply for a scholarship. Only 1 out of every 5 students who applied for a scholarship got it. If the ratio of the number of students who got the scholarship to the number of students who did not get the scholarship is not more than 1:9, what is the maximum possible number of students who applied for but did not get the scholarship? Assume that all the students who were eligible for the scholarship applied for it.
(A) 6
(B) 12
(C) 24
(D) 30
(E) 54
OA: C
Of the 60 students in a class, only the students who had obt
This topic has expert replies
-
- Legendary Member
- Posts: 944
- Joined: Wed May 30, 2012 8:21 am
- Thanked: 8 times
- Followed by:5 members
- DavidG@VeritasPrep
- Legendary Member
- Posts: 2663
- Joined: Wed Jan 14, 2015 8:25 am
- Location: Boston, MA
- Thanked: 1153 times
- Followed by:128 members
- GMAT Score:770
Of the 60 students in a class, only the students who had obtained Grade A in Science could apply for a scholarship. Only 1 out of every 5 students who applied for a scholarship got it. If the ratio of the number of students who got the scholarship to the number of students who did not get the scholarship is not more than 1:9, what is the maximum possible number of students who applied for but did not get the scholarship? Assume that all the students who were eligible for the scholarship applied for it.
(A) 6
(B) 12
(C) 24
(D) 30
(E) 54
Let's say the ratio of those who got the scholarship to those who didn't get it was exactly 1:9
Scholarship recipients: x
Non-recipients: 9x
Total: 10x
If 10x = 60, x = 6.
Now:
Scholarship recipients: 6
Non-recipients: 54
We know that only 1 of every five who applied, received the scholarship. If 6 received, there must have been 6*5 = 30 who applied. Meaning 24 didn't receive a scholarship.
-
- Legendary Member
- Posts: 510
- Joined: Thu Aug 07, 2014 2:24 am
- Thanked: 3 times
- Followed by:5 members
Hi ,
I got my answer 24.
I did 6*4=24, because 1 out of every 5 student receive the scholarship so remaining 4 don't get scholarship.
Please advise and correct me if I am wrong.
Thanks,
Shreyans
I got my answer 24.
I did 6*4=24, because 1 out of every 5 student receive the scholarship so remaining 4 don't get scholarship.
Please advise and correct me if I am wrong.
Thanks,
Shreyans
- DavidG@VeritasPrep
- Legendary Member
- Posts: 2663
- Joined: Wed Jan 14, 2015 8:25 am
- Location: Boston, MA
- Thanked: 1153 times
- Followed by:128 members
- GMAT Score:770
Yep, so long as you've calculated that having 6 scholarship recipients will allow you to maximize the number who apply and get rejected, that's perfectly valid. Nicely done