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manhattan review word problem

by resilient » Fri Mar 07, 2008 5:52 pm
Manhattan Review hires a graduate student to update its database of 250 questions. If one stdent updates 1 12/13 percent of all problems per week, approximately, how many students, on average, does Manhattan review have to hire to update its database of problems completely every quarter.

QA is 4

I rounded the 1 12/13 percent to 2 percent. So, 1person = 2/100 of 250= 5

from here I am lost.
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Re: manhattan review word problem

by camitava » Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:26 pm
Enginpasa1 wrote:Manhattan Review hires a graduate student to update its database of 250 questions. If one stdent updates 1 12/13 percent of all problems per week, approximately, how many students, on average, does Manhattan review have to hire to update its database of problems completely every quarter.

QA is 4

I rounded the 1 12/13 percent to 2 percent. So, 1person = 2/100 of 250= 5

from here I am lost.
Enginpasa1, the way u solved the problem is supposed to be extended a bit more.
Look according to the problem,
In 1 week 5 Qs are solved by 1 student
In 12 week (i.e. 3 months = 1 quarter) 250 Qs are solved by = 250 / (12 * 5) ~ 4.
So the answer should be 4. Got me, Enginpasa1?
Correct me If I am wrong


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nice

by resilient » Sat Mar 08, 2008 12:03 am
I see your point and this makes sens. Thank you. I like the way you put it together. The lesson learned is that it is not the math, but I need to work on understanding the question better. Being the expert, do you have any advice?
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