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by ket_gmat » Sun Sep 28, 2008 5:57 am
Plz solve this n explain the same
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by afterhours » Sun Sep 28, 2008 7:44 am
OA?
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by stop@800 » Sun Sep 28, 2008 7:50 am
Male avg = am = 9.8
female avg = af = 9.1

no of male = nm
no of female = nf

nm / nf = ????????


A
nm = 52
Insuff


B:

(am * nm) + (af * nf)
--------------------- = 9.1
nm + nf


(9.8 * nm) + (9.1 * nf)
--------------------- = 9.1
nm + nf

2 unkown one equn
so Insuff


A+B
(9.8 * nm) + (9.1 * nf)
--------------------- = 9.1
nm + nf
and
nm = 52

solve for nf
and find ratio

so Ans IMO is C

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by 4meonly » Sun Sep 28, 2008 8:24 am
Here is no need to test each statement alone

Combining (1) and (2)
let m be the number of men, f - the number of women

we get
9,8m = summ of men's ages
9,1f = summ of women's ages

(9,8m+9,1f)/(m+f) = 9,3
soving we get
5m=2f
m/f = 2/5

C

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by gmatguy16 » Sun Sep 28, 2008 9:09 am
why is the answer not B ?

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by stop@800 » Sun Sep 28, 2008 12:25 pm
gmatguy16 wrote:why is the answer not B ?
2 unknowns and just 1 equation

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by thegenius » Sun Sep 28, 2008 12:46 pm
4meonly wrote:Here is no need to test each statement alone

Combining (1) and (2)
let m be the number of men, f - the number of women

we get
9,8m = summ of men's ages
9,1f = summ of women's ages

(9,8m+9,1f)/(m+f) = 9,3
soving we get
5m=2f
m/f = 2/5

C
Why C? You don't seem to have used stmt (1). Since only info from (2) is sufficient to get the desired ratio m/f, the OA should be B. Whats the OA?
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by xunil56 » Sun Sep 28, 2008 2:23 pm
Ans is C because:

Setting up the equation for I is:

9.8x + 9.1y / 52 -- Not sufficient

Setting up the equation for II is:
9.8x + 9.1y / total = 9.1 -- Not sufficient


But with II using I

9.8x + 9.1y/52 = 9.1

Thus C

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by gmatguy16 » Sun Sep 28, 2008 3:08 pm
using statement b ONLY,

let # of male employees =m
# of female employees = f
9.8 m +9.1 f = 9.3(m+f)
0.5 m = 0.2 f
m/f =2/5 ratio know ,so why is the answer not B.

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by ket_gmat » Mon Sep 29, 2008 3:38 am
gmatguy16 wrote:using statement b ONLY,

let # of male employees =m
# of female employees = f
9.8 m +9.1 f = 9.3(m+f)
0.5 m = 0.2 f
m/f =2/5 ratio know ,so why is the answer not B.

OA: B

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by 4meonly » Mon Sep 29, 2008 8:00 am
uups..

Agree with B