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by GMATGuruNY » Sat Aug 27, 2011 3:11 am
Of the 1400 College teachers surveyed 42% said they considered engaging in research an essential goal. How many of the college teachers surveyed were women?

1. In the survey 36% of the men and 50% of the women said that they considered engaging in research an essential goal.
2. In the survey, 288 men said they considered engaging in research an essential goal.

I posted a non-algebraic solution here:

https://www.beatthegmat.com/another-doub ... 84886.html

I posted an algebraic solution here:

https://www.beatthegmat.com/teacher-surv ... tml#310421
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