At a certain hospital, 75% of the interns receive fewer than 6 hours of sleep and report feeling tired during their shifts. At the same time, 70% of the interns who receive 6 or more hours of sleep report no feelings of tiredness. If 80% of the interns receive fewer than 6 hours of sleep, what percent of the interns report no feelings of tiredness during their shifts?
A) 6
B) 14
C) 19
D) 20
E) 81
Please help me with the problem. I tried setting up matrix but I am really confused with the language of the question!
Thanks
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Here's another approach that uses the Double Matrix Method: https://www.beatthegmat.com/hospitals-t283256.html
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Thanks to both of you for your input.
It is a very straight forward question but I was very confused with the language of the question.
-> 75% of the interns receive fewer than 6 hours of sleep and report feeling tired during their shifts
-> 80% of the interns receive fewer than 6 hours of sleep
I thought it was providing contradictory information so could not fit this information in the matrix. But now i get the difference between the two!
It is a very straight forward question but I was very confused with the language of the question.
-> 75% of the interns receive fewer than 6 hours of sleep and report feeling tired during their shifts
-> 80% of the interns receive fewer than 6 hours of sleep
I thought it was providing contradictory information so could not fit this information in the matrix. But now i get the difference between the two!
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It might be easier to see the distinction if we label each group.
< 6 hours AND tired = x
> 6 hours AND not tired = y
< 6 hours AND not tired = z
> 6 hours AND tired = w
We're told that:
x = .75 * (x + y + w + z)
y = .7 * (y + w)
x + z = .8 * (x + y + w + z)
From there, the algebra is tedious, but relatively straightforward. (Of course, on test day I wouldn't recommend algebra, but it does make the prompt intelligible.)
< 6 hours AND tired = x
> 6 hours AND not tired = y
< 6 hours AND not tired = z
> 6 hours AND tired = w
We're told that:
x = .75 * (x + y + w + z)
y = .7 * (y + w)
x + z = .8 * (x + y + w + z)
From there, the algebra is tedious, but relatively straightforward. (Of course, on test day I wouldn't recommend algebra, but it does make the prompt intelligible.)
