Overlap sets - wording issue

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Overlap sets - wording issue

by J N » Fri May 17, 2013 8:55 am
from veritas prep.

In a freshman high school class there are 125 total students. If 75 of the total students are enrolled in Geometry, how many of those students are enrolled in Biology?

1 50 of the total students are enrolled in Geometry but not Biology.

2 The number of those students who are enrolled in Geometry and Biology is the same as the number of those students enrolled in neither Geometry nor Biology.


in the question stem 'those' refers to 75 geometry students?


in which case 1 is sufficient
if refers to overall then 2 is suff.


veritas answer is b so obviously they meant overall students not just those in geo.

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by Jim@StratusPrep » Fri May 17, 2013 10:08 am
You are right... Not the best wording.
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by srcc25anu » Fri May 17, 2013 10:53 am
St2 alone is sufficient.
Ans B
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