INFERENCE Question 3 in CR

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INFERENCE Question 3 in CR

by nandy1984 » Tue Oct 11, 2011 5:45 pm
Finding of a survey of Systems magazine subscribers: Thirty percent of all merchandise orders placed by
subscribers in response to advertisements in the magazine last year were placed by subscribers under age thirtyfive.
Finding of a survey of advertisers in Systems magazine: Most of the merchandise orders placed in
response to advertisements in Systems last year were placed by people under age thirty-five.
For both of the findings to be accurate, which of the following must be true?
a) More subscribers to Systems who have never ordered merchandise in response to advertisements in the
magazine are age thirty-five or over than are under age thirty-five.
b) Among subscribers to Systems, the proportion who are under age thirty-five was considerably lower last year
than it is now.
c) Most merchandise orders placed in response to advertisements in Systems last year were placed by Systems
subscribers over age thirty-five.
d) Last year, the average dollar amount of merchandise orders placed was less for subscribers under age thirtyfive
than for those age thirty-five or over.
e) Last year many people who placed orders for merchandise in response to advertisements in Systems were not
subscribers to the magazine.

I can eliminate (A) and (D) as they are out of scope....So left with (B), (C), (E)....Can you help me in solving this...thanks......
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by cans » Tue Oct 11, 2011 9:11 pm
IMO E
finding 2: most of the orders by people under 35.
finding 1: 30% of subscribers under 35 placed order.

as most of the orders by people less than 35, but subscribers under 35 contributed only 30% which can't be considered most, it means many orders were places by people who are nt subscribers..
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by nandy1984 » Wed Oct 12, 2011 8:06 am
cans wrote:IMO E
finding 2: most of the orders by people under 35.
finding 1: 30% of subscribers under 35 placed order.

as most of the orders by people less than 35, but subscribers under 35 contributed only 30% which can't be considered most, it means many orders were places by people who are nt subscribers..
OMG this is such a dumbo question and i got it so wrong...ok time for takeways...

1) Whenever we see any 2 contradicting statements and we need to evaluate them we need to get the findings of the two statements.
2) Based on the question find the answer that doesnt violate the two findings...

Thanks for the help...tc