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by schao » Fri Jan 11, 2013 8:00 am
Hi: Can someone please help me with this very simple question?

Q: Company P had 15% more employees in Dec than it had in Jan. If company P had 460 employees in Dec, how many employees did it have in Jan?

My approach was to assume Dec employee number as 100% and Jan employee number as 85%. But the answer solved this question assuming Dec as 115% and Jan as 100%.
Can anybody tell me why???
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by Brent@GMATPrepNow » Fri Jan 11, 2013 8:08 am
schao wrote: Q: Company P had 15% more employees in Dec than it had in Jan. If company P had 460 employees in Dec, how many employees did it have in Jan?
Let J = # of employees in Jan
So, 1.15J = # of employees in Dec

This means that 1.15J = 460
So, J = 460/1.15 = 400

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by Brent@GMATPrepNow » Fri Jan 11, 2013 8:13 am
schao wrote: My approach was to assume Dec employee number as 100% and Jan employee number as 85%. But the answer solved this question assuming Dec as 115% and Jan as 100%.
Can anybody tell me why???
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This is a common error.
You are taking the information that A is 15% greater than B and concluding that B must be 15% less than A.

To see the problem, let's use different (easier) numbers.

Say that A = 100 and B = 150
So, we can say that B is 50% greater than A.
But can we also say that A is 50% less than B? No. A is 33 1/3% less than B.

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by GMATGuruNY » Fri Jan 11, 2013 8:13 am
Company P had 15 percent more employees in December than it had in January. If Company P had 460 employees in December, how many employees did it have in January?

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ALWAYS LOOK AT THE ANSWER CHOICES.

The answer choices here represent the number of employees in January.
There were 15% MORE employees in December.
Thus, 15% of the correct answer choice must yield an integer value.
Only answer choice B is viable.

The correct answer is B.
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by schao » Fri Jan 11, 2013 8:15 am
Brent@GMATPrepNow wrote:
schao wrote: Q: Company P had 15% more employees in Dec than it had in Jan. If company P had 460 employees in Dec, how many employees did it have in Jan?
Let J = # of employees in Jan
So, 1.15J = # of employees in Dec

This means that 1.15J = 460
So, J = 460/1.15 = 400

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Hello Brent =)Thanks for your reply.
I can understand the workings.
But the part that i get confused is that why do you solve this question using 1.15J = 460, not 0.85D = J?

I get it after seeing your second reply! Thank you very much!
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