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by GmatKiss » Sat Oct 29, 2011 1:03 pm
A software programmer does 20% of the work in 80% of the time, and 80% of the work in the remaining 20% of the time. If the code he writes is X lines long and he was given one month (30 days) to accomplish the task, then, assuming that the programmer works at a constant rate in each of the two stages, How many lines of code were written in the last two weeks, in terms of X?

A) 13x /15

B) 15x/15

C) 7x/15

D) 2x/30

E) 13x/30
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by gmatblood » Sat Oct 29, 2011 1:06 pm
IMO: A
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by rijul007 » Sat Oct 29, 2011 1:08 pm
Option A

80% of x + 20% of x of 8/24 = 13x/15
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