If the drama club and music club is combined, what percent

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If the drama club and music club is combined, what percent of the combined membership is male?

(1) Of the 16 members of the drama club, 15 are male.

(2) Of the 20 members of the music club, 10 are male.

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by fskilnik@GMATH » Wed Jan 30, 2019 5:48 am

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BTGmoderatorDC wrote:If the drama club and music club is combined, what percent of the combined membership is male?

(1) Of the 16 members of the drama club, 15 are male.

(2) Of the 20 members of the music club, 10 are male.
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$$? = {{\# \,{\rm{drama}}\,{\rm{males}}\,\,\, + \,\,\,\# \,{\rm{music}}\,{\rm{males}}\,\,\, - \,\,\,\# \left( {\,{\rm{drama}}\,{\rm{and}}\,{\rm{music}}\,\,\,{\rm{males}}} \right)} \over {\# \,{\rm{drama}}\,\,\, + \,\,\,\# \,{\rm{music}}\,\,\, - \,\,\,\# \left( {\,{\rm{drama}}\,{\rm{and}}\,{\rm{music}}} \right)}}$$

$$\left( {1 + 2} \right)\,\,\left\{ \matrix{
\,\# \,{\rm{drama}}\,\, = \,\,16\,\,\,\,,\,\,\,\,\# \,\,{\rm{drama}}\,{\rm{males}}\,\,{\rm{ = 15}} \hfill \cr
\,\# \,{\rm{music}}\,\,{\rm{ = }}\,\,{\rm{20}}\,\,\,\,,\,\,\,\,\# \,\,{\rm{music}}\,{\rm{males}}\,\,{\rm{ = 10}} \hfill \cr} \right.$$

$$? = {{15\,\, + \,\,10\,\, - \,\,\# \left( {\,{\rm{drama}}\,{\rm{and}}\,{\rm{music}}\,\,\,{\rm{males}}} \right)} \over {16\,\, + \,\,20\,\, - \,\,\# \left( {\,{\rm{drama}}\,{\rm{and}}\,{\rm{music}}} \right)}}$$

Now the bifurcation viability is trivially seen, hence the answer is (E), for sure.

In explicit details:

Scenario 1: no one is in both drama and music club.
In this case our FOCUS would get the value 25/36

Scenario 2: there is just one person, a male, who is in both drama and music club.
In this case our FOCUS would get the value 24/25 , hence different from 25/36.


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by Jay@ManhattanReview » Wed Jan 30, 2019 10:18 pm

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BTGmoderatorDC wrote:If the drama club and music club is combined, what percent of the combined membership is male?

(1) Of the 16 members of the drama club, 15 are male.

(2) Of the 20 members of the music club, 10 are male.

OA E

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The key to this question is not to assume that members of the drama club and that of music club are exclusive, i.e., if X is a member of the drama club, he/she cannot be a member of the music club.

The number of members of both the club is not given, thus, the answer is E.

The correct answer: E

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