Cricket tournament
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In a 50 over tournament, the top 5 scores of an innings are 396,374,363,356 & 311. If this accounts to 9% of the overall tournament score, what value is 91% of the total score of the tournament.
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My Answer
396+374+363+356+311=1800
Let the total score be x
Then, 1800 accounts to 9% of x, i.e., 1800=.09x
Therefore x=20,000
what value is 91% of total score is 20000/.91=18200
396+374+363+356+311=1800
Let the total score be x
Then, 1800 accounts to 9% of x, i.e., 1800=.09x
Therefore x=20,000
what value is 91% of total score is 20000/.91=18200
Are such cricket based questions asked in GMAT? Cricket is not a common game in major parts of the world especially not in the Americas. To solve such a problem, one needs some basic knowledge of cricket. Similarly if there are questions based on say baseball, I may not be able to even understand it if it uses some sport specific terms such as home run etc.
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No, you'd never see such a question on the GMAT. The test is very carefully edited to ensure it is fair to all test takers. When they include a question as an experimental question on the GMAT, one of the things they are looking at is whether the question is 'biased'. If a question is, say, very successfully answered by North Americans, but not by people from elsewhere in the world (as would possibly be the case with a question about baseball), that question will not be used on the real test. By the same token, you don't need to know about, for example, standard decks of cards in probability questions, or about imperial units of measurement, since those questions will be better answered by people with certain backgrounds.Surev wrote:Are such cricket based questions asked in GMAT? Cricket is not a common game in major parts of the world especially not in the Americas. To solve such a problem, one needs some basic knowledge of cricket. Similarly if there are questions based on say baseball, I may not be able to even understand it if it uses some sport specific terms such as home run etc.
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