Enginpasa1 wrote:
Do you have any pointers musicdaemon? How do you not miss key informaiton?
I guess my thought process converts all the words into equations. Here is I do it
1. work backwards , convert the final question in mathematical form, for this question:
what was the ratio of the death rate among the male rats to the death rate among the female rats?
so, what is ->(male death rate)/(female death rate)
2. Find out what each different term in step1 means with regard to question
so what is -> male death rate & female death rate
apply basics,
male death rate = (Dead male rats)/(no. of male rats to begin with)
and,
female death rate = (Dead female rats)/(no. of female rats to begin with)
here it is clear, that we have to put the data from the question, or in your case
ENGIN plug in the numbers you want to play with.
3. Keep repeating step 2 until you get to the data plugging equation for this question step 2 suffices
4. Put the data provided, in the previous step, and move towards step2 -> step1 ...which is your final answer
This may look very long to you, but once in practice you only need to do it in your head,
i guess that helps you
