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by Vemuri » Mon Mar 16, 2009 9:24 am
Has Brand X been purchased by more than 50% of the 5,000 people in Westport?

1. Brand Y has been purchased by 75% of the people in Westport.
2. Brand X has been purchased by exactly 2,200 people in Westport.
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by bstalling » Mon Mar 16, 2009 9:37 am
Statement 1 is irrelevant to the questions
Statement 2 says 2200 people of Westport have purchased it which is < 5000/2 = 2500; thus I'd go with B.
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by nitya34 » Mon Mar 16, 2009 9:42 am
in (1) is it X or Y?

two Different Brands?
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by karmayogi » Mon Mar 16, 2009 11:13 am
I am unable to understand the difficulty in this question. :?
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by Vemuri » Mon Mar 16, 2009 5:50 pm
nitya34 wrote:in (1) is it X or Y?

two Different Brands?
Yep, 2 different brands. It is Brand Y in statement 1.
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by Vemuri » Mon Mar 16, 2009 5:52 pm
karmayogi wrote:I am unable to understand the difficulty in this question. :?
:D I agree. But, the reason I posted this question is because I selected B as my answer, but the answer provided in Princeton book is D. There is no explanation provided. So, I thought I will discuss in this forum to check if I am missing anything.
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by marcusking » Tue Mar 17, 2009 5:58 am
Vemuri wrote:
karmayogi wrote:I am unable to understand the difficulty in this question. :?
:D I agree. But, the reason I posted this question is because I selected B as my answer, but the answer provided in Princeton book is D. There is no explanation provided. So, I thought I will discuss in this forum to check if I am missing anything.
Not very surprising I've found lots of bad DS questions in the Princeton Review book.
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