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sanjay_dce
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I feel E and I will wait for the official answer
From question stem:
45%- R 55%- T
A says
45% of group * 58% favors of Falt tax
B says
55% of group -- 22 favors
there is no information about total ppl so A cant be solved.
Ans E
From question stem:
45%- R 55%- T
A says
45% of group * 58% favors of Falt tax
B says
55% of group -- 22 favors
there is no information about total ppl so A cant be solved.
Ans E
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scoobydooby
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would go for E
let the total population be P
stment 1) 45%*P*58%=favor flat tax. we do not know P, so we cannot compute the number of people favoring flat tax. also we have no info on the people supporting R who are in favor of the flat tax.
not sufficient
stment 2) 22 of the supporters of T favor flat tax, but we do not know how many of the supporters of R favor flat tax.
not sufficient
together, we know people in favor of flat tax are 45%*P*58%+22
we do not know the value of P, so we cannot find out the total number of people in favor of flat tax
hence E
let the total population be P
stment 1) 45%*P*58%=favor flat tax. we do not know P, so we cannot compute the number of people favoring flat tax. also we have no info on the people supporting R who are in favor of the flat tax.
not sufficient
stment 2) 22 of the supporters of T favor flat tax, but we do not know how many of the supporters of R favor flat tax.
not sufficient
together, we know people in favor of flat tax are 45%*P*58%+22
we do not know the value of P, so we cannot find out the total number of people in favor of flat tax
hence E
