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by mehravikas » Tue Apr 28, 2009 11:09 pm
P -> 20% of dollar sales, yielded to 40% profits
C -> 80% of dollar sales, yielded to 60% profits

correct answer should highlight that one division was profitable than the other one...Hence 'C'
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by California4jx » Wed Apr 29, 2009 6:45 am
mehravikas wrote:P -> 20% of dollar sales, yielded to 40% profits
C -> 80% of dollar sales, yielded to 60% profits

correct answer should highlight that one division was profitable than the other one...Hence 'C'
Why not E ? - actually suits more to the given problem C > P
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by ketkoag » Wed Apr 29, 2009 1:04 pm
E says exact opposite of what should actually be inferred from the stimuli coz the pharmaceutical dept. has higher percentage of more profitable products than the chemical division.
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by California4jx » Wed Apr 29, 2009 1:55 pm
OK - I think I am mising something big here ...

my understanding is that out of total revenue P is 20% and C is 80% - so how come we can infer that Chem is lower than Pharm ?

same logic when applied for profits ...

what am i missing ?

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by nicolette » Sun May 15, 2016 2:16 pm
Well I feel E is the answer
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by mason77 » Sun May 15, 2016 2:41 pm
Another vote for E
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