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by sanju09 » Mon May 10, 2010 12:39 am
Of a group of people surveyed in a political poll, 60 percent said that they would vote for candidate R. Of those who said they would vote for R, 90 percent actually voted for R, and of those who did not say that they would vote for R, 5 percent actually voted for R. What percent of the group voted for R?
(A) 52
(B) 56
(C) 59
(D) 62
(E) 65
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by harshavardhanc » Mon May 10, 2010 12:53 am
sanju09 wrote:Of a group of people surveyed in a political poll, 60 percent said that they would vote for candidate R. Of those who said they would vote for R, 90 percent actually voted for R, and of those who did not say that they would vote for R, 5 percent actually voted for R. What percent of the group voted for R?
(A) 52
(B) 56
(C) 59
(D) 62
(E) 65
[spoiler]
60 * .9 + 40 * .05 = 56 . IMO B[/spoiler]
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