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by iwill » Tue Aug 05, 2008 2:27 am
A recent survey of all auto accident victims in Dole County found that, of the severely injured drivers and front-seat passengers, 80 percent were not wearing seat belts at the time of their accidents. This indicates that, by wearing seat belts, drivers and front-seat passengers can greatly reduce their risk of being severely injured if they are in an auto accident.
The conclusion above is not properly drawn unless which of the following is true?
(A) Of all the drivers and front-seat passengers in the survey, more than 20 percent were wearing seat belts at the time of their accidents.
(B) Considerably more than 20 percent of drivers and front-seat passengers in Dole County always wear seat belts when traveling by car.
(C) More drivers and front-seat passengers in the survey than rear-seat passengers were very severely injured.
(D) More than half of the drivers and front-seat passengers in the survey were not wearing seat belts at the time of their accidents.
(E) Most of the auto accidents reported to police in Dole County do not involve any serious injury.

Whats wrong with D ?
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by codesnooker » Tue Aug 05, 2008 7:21 am
In (D) it said "More than 50%", which could also means 51%. However, in (A) it said "More than 20%", which could also means 21%.

Also according to question,

100%(Total percentage of people)-80(Total percentage of people who met the accident.)% = 20% (percentage of people who saved from accident by wearing seat belts).

Which one is near (A) or (D)? Answer is (A). Hence (A) should be picked instead of (D).

However, it doesn't mean (D) could not be correct, but (A) has more proximity to the correct figure (i.e. 20%). At least in my opinion I would have picked (A) as the answer.

Hope it helps a bit...

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by preetha_85 » Wed Aug 06, 2008 9:34 pm
I think i am missing something here
Assuming there are 100 people surveyed(all of them are injured)
80 of them were injured without wearing seat belts..
So unless we know the extent of injury of the other 20 how can we conclude that the answer se either A or D .

Please explain
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by peter.p.81 » Wed May 11, 2016 1:56 am
Cannot decide between A and D. Can anyone brake down these two choices for me please