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Must be a typo?

by caspermonday » Thu Oct 22, 2009 6:00 am
Question from EST 48.

Employees received wage increases ranging from $0.3 to $0.875 per hour. What was the minimum wage increase for a 40-hour week?

a. 12
b. 23
c. 34.8
d. 35
e. 35.2

The answer is obvious but the OA is D! Is this a typo error or am I missing something? Thanks![/spoiler]
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by mp2437 » Thu Oct 22, 2009 6:35 am
Choice D shows the minimum wage once the change is in effect (0.875 * 40), but the question asks for the increase in minimum wage. Wage went from 12 to 35, a change of 23. Choice B should be the answer.
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Re: Must be a typo?

by Stuart@KaplanGMAT » Thu Oct 22, 2009 11:42 am
caspermonday wrote:Question from EST 48.

Employees received wage increases ranging from $0.3 to $0.875 per hour. What was the minimum wage increase for a 40-hour week?

a. 12
b. 23
c. 34.8
d. 35
e. 35.2

The answer is obvious but the OA is D! Is this a typo error or am I missing something? Thanks![/spoiler]
What's EST? I've seen a number of questions posted from it and many have had errors - I'm definitely not impressed by this source.

My reading of the question is that different employees got different increases; the smallest increase is 30 cents and the largest is 87.5 cents (first thing I dislike about this question, how can you get paid in fractions of cents?).

Q: what's the least extra amount that could be earned by someone who works a 40 hour week?

The answer should simply be the minimum possible increase (30 cents) * 40 hours = $12.
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by mp2437 » Thu Oct 22, 2009 12:48 pm
Poorly worded question..
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by caspermonday » Thu Oct 22, 2009 9:41 pm
Stuart, my thinking was exactly the same as yours. I posted the question to make sure that I am not missing anything. Apparently, I am not. :)

Everyone, thank you for your replies![/quote]
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