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Phil's Shirts

by hansoo » Mon Sep 07, 2009 1:55 am
How many shirts does Phil own?

(1) 12 of Phil's shirts are dress shirts.

(2) 85 percent of Phil's shirts are not dress shirts.
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by hansoo » Thu Sep 10, 2009 2:04 pm
The official answer is C.
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by g1988enator » Fri Sep 11, 2009 11:15 am
it means 15 % phill shirts are dressed
u comapre 15 with 12 shirts and u get the ans
i think ans is 80
both the statsments are required to solve this
so ans is c

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by hansoo » Fri Sep 11, 2009 2:24 pm
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by woo » Mon Sep 14, 2009 5:48 am
About B, I am not so sure why it must be that 15% is dress shirt. It could be something else. Though, I don't know how you can categorize shirts.