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Vemuri
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In City Y last year, what was the ratio of the number of commuters who rode buses to the number of commuters who rode trains?
1. In City Y last year, 50,000 commuters rode trains and 48,000 commuters rode buses.
2. In City Y last year, if the number of commuters who rode trains had been 20% greater, the number of commuters who rode trains would have been 125% of the number of commuters who rode buses.
The OA is A. Statement 1 clearly provides the missing information to answer the question. I thought statement 2 was sufficient as well. Let me explain what I did.
If the # of commuters by train were x & of commuters by bus were y, then statement 2 is saying,
1.2x = 1.25y
from the above equation, we can get the ratio of commuters by bus to commuters by train.
y/x = 1.2/1.25 --> Sufficient.
Isn't the answer supposed to be D?
Am I doing something wrong?
1. In City Y last year, 50,000 commuters rode trains and 48,000 commuters rode buses.
2. In City Y last year, if the number of commuters who rode trains had been 20% greater, the number of commuters who rode trains would have been 125% of the number of commuters who rode buses.
The OA is A. Statement 1 clearly provides the missing information to answer the question. I thought statement 2 was sufficient as well. Let me explain what I did.
If the # of commuters by train were x & of commuters by bus were y, then statement 2 is saying,
1.2x = 1.25y
from the above equation, we can get the ratio of commuters by bus to commuters by train.
y/x = 1.2/1.25 --> Sufficient.
Isn't the answer supposed to be D?
Am I doing something wrong?
