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by M7MBA » Sun Nov 24, 2019 1:02 pm
A total of \(x\) tourists were transported by bus to a certain museum. If there were \(y\) tourists on each bus, which of the following expresses the number of buses used?

(A) \(xy\)
(B) \(\dfrac{x}{y}\)
(C) \(\dfrac{y}{x}\)
(D) \(x−y\)
(E) \(y^x\)

[spoiler]OA=B[/spoiler]

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by Brent@GMATPrepNow » Mon Nov 25, 2019 10:42 am
M7MBA wrote:A total of \(x\) tourists were transported by bus to a certain museum. If there were \(y\) tourists on each bus, which of the following expresses the number of buses used?

(A) \(xy\)
(B) \(\dfrac{x}{y}\)
(C) \(\dfrac{y}{x}\)
(D) \(x−y\)
(E) \(y^x\)

[spoiler]OA=B[/spoiler]

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Total number of tourists = (number of buses)(number of people PER BUS)
So, we can write: x = (number of buses)(y)
Divide both sides by y to get: x/y = number of buses

Answer: B

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by Scott@TargetTestPrep » Mon Dec 02, 2019 5:59 pm
M7MBA wrote:A total of \(x\) tourists were transported by bus to a certain museum. If there were \(y\) tourists on each bus, which of the following expresses the number of buses used?

(A) \(xy\)
(B) \(\dfrac{x}{y}\)
(C) \(\dfrac{y}{x}\)
(D) \(x−y\)
(E) \(y^x\)

[spoiler]OA=B[/spoiler]

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The number of buses needed was x/y.

Answer: B

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by [email protected] » Tue Dec 03, 2019 9:45 am
Hi All,

We're told that a total of X tourists were transported by bus to a certain museum and there there were Y tourists on each bus. We're asked for the total number of buses used. This question can solved rather easily by TESTing VALUES.

IF.... X=10 and Y = 5, then the 10 tourists were in two groups of 5. Thus, we're looking for an answer that equals 2 when X=10 and Y=5. There's only one answer that matches...

Final Answer: B

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