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by Naruto » Tue Jun 23, 2009 11:14 pm
Do at least 20 percent of the people in
country X who are over the age of 25 possess
a college diploma?
(1) In country X, among the population
over the age of 25, 26 percent of the
male population and 16 percent of the
female population possess college
diplomas.
(2) In country X, women account for
55 percent of the total population.
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by nitya34 » Wed Jun 24, 2009 12:00 am
plug values

T=.26M+.16F

if M=40;F=60 T becomes 20.0%

for 45,55 combo, T=20.5%

imo C
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Re: population

by pops » Wed Jun 24, 2009 12:12 am
Naruto wrote:Do at least 20 percent of the people in
country X who are over the age of 25 possess
a college diploma?
(1) In country X, among the population
over the age of 25, 26 percent of the
male population and 16 percent of the
female population possess college
diplomas.
(2) In country X, women account for
55 percent of the total population.
Statement 1: Insufficient. Information of Number of male and female is required.
Statement 2: Doesn't give any information to come to the answer.
Even both statement can't answer. One point to note is statement 2 talks about women population and total population and not over the age of 25.
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by pops » Wed Jun 24, 2009 12:18 am
nitya34 wrote:plug values

T=.26M+.16F

if M=40;F=60 T becomes 20.0%

for 45,55 combo, T=20.5%

imo C
Not sure.. this holds true for some particular number of (male, female) pairs... say for 45 male, 70 female it doesnt hold true.. so statement is insufficient.
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Re: population

by nitya34 » Wed Jun 24, 2009 12:21 am
agreed E


(2) In country X, women account for
55 percent of the total population.

pops wrote:
Naruto wrote:Do at least 20 percent of the people in
country X who are over the age of 25 possess
a college diploma?
(1) In country X, among the population
over the age of 25, 26 percent of the
male population and 16 percent of the
female population possess college
diplomas.
(2) In country X, women account for
55 percent of the total population.
Statement 1: Insufficient. Information of Number of male and female is required.
Statement 2: Doesn't give any information to come to the answer.
Even both statement can't answer. One point to note is statement 2 talks about women population and total population and not over the age of 25.
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Re: population

by Naruto » Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:21 am
Statement 1: Insufficient. Information of Number of male and female is required.
Statement 2: Doesn't give any information to come to the answer.
Even both statement can't answer. One point to note is statement 2 talks about women population and total population and not over the age of 25.[/quote]

Thanks for pointing out and clarifying the second statement, that it doesnt mention population above 25. I was thinking in line with Nitya...
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by Naruto » Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:23 am
Oh and I forgot OA is E
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