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smclean23
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 Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 3:16 pm Post subject: Students......DS PROBLEM |
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The R students in a class agree to contribute equally to buy their teacher a birthday present that costs y dollars. If x of the students later fail to contribute their share, which of the following represents the additional number of dollars that each of the remaining students must contribute in order to pay for the present?
(A) Y/R
(B) Y/R-X
(C) XY/R-X
(D) XY/R(R-X)
(E) Y/R(R-X) |
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| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 3:29 pm Post subject: |
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Total no of students =R
Teacher birthday present costs=y dollars
no of students failed=x
let y=100
R=10
and x=5
then for R students it costs 10 dollars per head
so forR-x students it costs 100/5==>20
so plugin the values to get 20
only B satisfies |
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| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 3:50 pm Post subject: |
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| thats what i thought but the answer is supposedly D.....CONFUSED... |
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| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 11:40 pm Post subject: |
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Y/R is the money each student have to contribute as their first plan
Y/(R-x) is the money each remaining student contribute after x students fail
the additional money each student contribute: Y/R - Y/(R-x) = Yx/R(R-x)
D is the answer. |
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| Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 2:46 am Post subject: |
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| sibbineni wrote: | Total no of students =R
Teacher birthday present costs=y dollars
no of students failed=x
let y=100
R=10
and x=5
then for R students it costs 10 dollars per head
so forR-x students it costs 100/5==>20
so plugin the values to get 20
only B satisfies |
If we plug in the above values answer cannot be B, since the question is asking about additional dollars not the whole amount.
It is not a right choice of numbers to plug in because A and D both will give us the same answer.
Try using values R=4, Y=20, X=2. or R=25, Y=100, X=5. This will give only D as an answer.
But I must say the method used by you of plugging in numbers is the best for solving variable questions such as these. But make sure you test all the options before marking the answer!!!! |
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