Geese Migration

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Geese Migration

by rapper » Mon Oct 22, 2012 4:20 pm
A total of 30 percent of the geese included in a certain migration study were male. If

some of the geese migrated during the study and 20 percent of the migrating geese were

male, what was the ratio of the migration rate for the male geese to the migration rate for

the female geese?

[Migration rate for geese of a certain GMAT = (number of geese of that GMAT migrating) /

(total number of geese of that GMAT)]

A. 1/4

B. 7/12

C. 2/3

D. 7/8

E. 8/7

Is answer to this Q is A?Please help
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by Jim@StratusPrep » Thu Oct 25, 2012 9:38 am
Say there were 30 males and 70 females.

Then, say 2 males migrated and 8 females migrated.

This fits the given info and the migration ratio is as follow:

2/30 : 8/70 = 1/15 * 35/4 = 7/12

The answer is B.
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