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by Ahmed MS » Sun Jun 12, 2011 11:28 pm
If everyone was charged the same fee, how many people came?

a. If the fee had been %0.75 less and 100 more people came the club would have received the same amount.
b. If fee had been $1.50 more and 100 fewer people came, the club would have received the same amount.

The answer is C, but according to me it should be E. Please help me out!

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by Anurag@Gurome » Mon Jun 13, 2011 12:35 am
Ahmed MS wrote:If everyone was charged the same fee, how many people came?

a. If the fee had been %0.75 less and 100 more people came the club would have received the same amount.
b. If fee had been $1.50 more and 100 fewer people came, the club would have received the same amount.
I think the % in statement 1 should be $.

Say, the fee was $P and n people came.

Statement 1: (n + 100)(P - 0.75) = nP
Hence, 100P - 0.75n - 75 = 0
We cannot find n as we have one equation but two unknown.

Not sufficient

Statement 1: (n - 100)(P + 1.5) = nP
Hence, 100P - 1.5n + 150 = 0
We cannot find n as we have one equation but two unknown.

Not sufficient

S1 & 2 Together: We can uniquely determine n as we have two equations in two unknown.

Sufficient

The correct answer is C.
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by Ahmed MS » Mon Jun 13, 2011 9:37 am
Thanks Anurag! I am sorry about the error as I said I download from the web.

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