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by jc114 » Wed Apr 18, 2007 6:27 am
In a restaurant, 75% of the customers ordered dessert, what percent of the customers ordered coffee?
(1) 93% of the customers who ordered dessert also ordered coffee.
(2) 80% of the customers who ordered coffee also ordered dessert.

I know that the answer, just looking at it,would be C...but how would you go about solving it?

x>0?
(1)|x|?x^2
(2)x<|x^1|
Last edited by jc114 on Wed Apr 18, 2007 11:32 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Source: — Data Sufficiency |

by Cybermusings » Wed Apr 18, 2007 9:31 am
Whats the question mark in the second question ?

Also, whats the OA for the 2
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by jc114 » Wed Apr 18, 2007 3:21 pm
oh they're both separate questions..


x>0?
(1)|x|>x^2
(2)x<|x^1|

the answer is C
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by [email protected] » Thu Apr 10, 2014 10:43 am
Hey!
I think you have not entered the entire Q, as there can be few customers who ordered nothing!
Please check your Q with that of the actual.
Regards,
Mukherjee
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by GMATGuruNY » Thu Apr 10, 2014 11:56 am
If 75 percent of the guests at a certain banquet ordered dessert, what percent of the guests ordered coffee?

1.) 60% of the guests who ordered dessert also ordered coffee.
2.) 90% of the guests who ordered coffee also ordered dessert.
Let the total number of guests = 100.
Let:
D = the number who ordered dessert.
C = the number who ordered coffee.
B = the number who ordered BOTH.

Since 75% of the guests ordered dessert, we get:
D = 0.75 * 100 = 75.

Statement 1: 60% of the guests who ordered dessert also ordered coffee.
In other words, 60% of the 75 guests who ordered dessert ordered BOTH dessert AND coffee.
Thus:
0.6 * 75 = B
B = 45.
No way to determine the value of C.
INSUFFICIENT.

Statement 2: 90% of the guests who ordered coffee also ordered dessert.
In other words, 90% of the guests who ordered coffee ordered BOTH coffee AND dessert.
Thus:
0.9C = B.
No way to determine the value of C.
INSUFFICIENT.

Statements combined:
Since 0.9C = B and B = 45, we get:
0.9C = 45
C = 50.
SUFFICIENT.

The correct answer is C.
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by Brent@GMATPrepNow » Thu Apr 10, 2014 12:12 pm
As you can see, Mitch has posted the original question...
If 75 percent of the guests at a certain banquet ordered dessert, what percent of the guests ordered coffee?

(1) 60 percent of the guests who ordered dessert also ordered coffee.
(2) 90 percent of the guests who ordered coffee also ordered dessert.
Another approach for this question is to use the Double Matrix method. This technique can be used for most questions featuring a population in which each member has two characteristics associated with it.
Here, we have a population of guests, and the two characteristics are:
- ordered dessert or did not order dessert
- ordered coffee or did not order coffee

Target question: What percent of the guests ordered coffee?
Since the target question is asking for a percent, let's say that there are 100 guests in total.

Given: 75 percent of the guests ordered dessert
Since we're saying that there is a total of 100 guests, we know that 75 of them ordered dessert.
This also tells us that 25 guests did not order dessert.
So, we can set up our diagram as follows:
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Notice that I have let x = the total number of guests who ordered coffee.

Statement 1: 60 percent of the guests who ordered dessert also ordered coffee.
75 guests ordered dessert. 60% of 75 = 45, so 45 guests ordered coffee AND dessert.
So, we get:
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As you can see, we still don't have enough information to determine the value of x (the number of guests who ordered coffee)
Since we cannot answer the target question with certainty, statement 1 is NOT SUFFICIENT

Statement 2: 90 percent of the guests who ordered coffee also ordered dessert.
We get:
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As you can see, we still don't have enough information to determine the value of x (the number of guests who ordered coffee)
Since we cannot answer the target question with certainty, statement 2 is NOT SUFFICIENT

Statements 1 and 2 combined
When we combine the statements, we see that we have 2 different pieces of information describing the top-left box.
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This means that 0.9x = 45
Solve to get x = 50
In other words, 50 guests ordered coffee, which means 50% of the guests ordered coffee.
Since we can answer the target question with certainty, the combined statements are SUFFICIENT

Answer = C

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