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GMAT Prep2?? (Admissions)

by dferm » Wed May 14, 2008 8:29 pm
A college admissions officer predicts that 20 percent of the students who are accepted will not attend the college. According to this prediction, how many students should be accepted to achieve a planned enrollment of x students?

A. 1.05x
B. 1.1x
C. 1.2x
D. 1.25x
E. 1.8x
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Re: GMAT Prep2?? (Admissions)

by camitava » Wed May 14, 2008 8:33 pm
dferm wrote:A college admissions officer predicts that 20 percent of the students who are accepted will not attend the college. According to this prediction, how many students should be accepted to achieve a planned enrollment of x students?

A. 1.05x
B. 1.1x
C. 1.2x
D. 1.25x
E. 1.8x
Say, no of students accepted = y
Now, no of students accepted and also attend the school = 80y/100 = 4y/5
So 4y/5 = x
or y = 5x/4 = 1.25x
So I will go for D.
Correct me If I am wrong


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Amitava
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