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data sufficiency

by khiten15 » Mon Mar 08, 2010 11:48 pm
Q 1: what is the number of male commuter b/w station P & Q?

1) Exactly 60% of all the commuter b/w P & Q are male
2) 50 female commuters constitute 20% of all the commuters B/w P & Q.

A)Statement (1) alone is sufficient,
B) statement (2) alone is sufficient.
C) Both (1)(2) together is sufficient to answer the quetion.
D) Each Statement alone is sufficient to answer.
e) statement (1)(2) together is not sufficient to answer the quetion.

i feel answer is : 'D' ( am i correct?)

Q2: Raymond's income was 10% more in 1999 than is was in 1998. what was his income in 1999?

1) Raymond's income during 1999 the first half of 1998 was $10,000 & his income during the second half was 10% more than his income in the first half

2) Raymond's income during 1999 was $2100 more than this income during 1998.

A)Statement (1) alone is sufficient,
B) statement (2) alone is sufficient.
C) Both (1)(2) together is sufficient to answer the quetion.
D) Each Statement alone is sufficient to answer.
e) statement (1)(2) together is not sufficient to answer the quetion.

i feel answer : 'B' (am i correct?)

Q3: a certain sales persons; weekly salary is equal to fixed base salary plus a commision that is directly proportional to the nos of item sold during the week. if 65 items are sold this week, what will be the salesperson's salary for this week?.

1) Last week 45 items were sold & the salesperson's salary was 390.
2) last week, the fixxed base salary & the commission paod were in the ratio 10:3.

A)Statement (1) alone is sufficient,
B) statement (2) alone is sufficient.
C) Both (1)(2) together is sufficient to answer the quetion.
D) Each Statement alone is sufficient to answer.
e) statement (1)(2) together is not sufficient to answer the question.

i feel answer: E (am i correct?)
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by sanju09 » Mon Mar 08, 2010 11:56 pm
khiten15 wrote:Q: what is the number of male commuter b/w station P & Q?

1) Exactly 60% of all the commuter b/w P & Q
2) 50 female commuters constitute 20% of all the commuters B/w P & Q.

A)Statement (1) alone is sufficient,
B) statement (2) alone is sufficient.
C) Both (1)(2) together is sufficient to answer the quetion.
D) Each Statement alone is sufficient to answer.
e) statement (1)(2) together is not sufficient to answer the quetion.

answer:
Statement (1) is probably missing some content as it feels dubious both grammar-wise and situation-wise.

Statement (2) gives us the total number of commuters to be 250, out of which at least 50 are females. No exact number of female commuters could be drawn. Insufficient

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by ajith » Tue Mar 09, 2010 12:34 am
khiten15 wrote:Q 1: what is the number of male commuter b/w station P & Q?

Q2: Raymond's income was 10% more in 1999 than is was in 1998. what was his income in 1999?

Q3: a certain sales persons; weekly salary is equal to fixed base salary plus a commision that is directly proportional to the nos of item sold during the week. if 65 items are sold this week, what will be the salesperson's salary for this week?.
Hi Khiten15,

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by Shawshank » Tue Mar 09, 2010 1:11 am
Giving it a shot

1) IMO - B
( if 20% is 50, then the remainnig 80% can be found out, whihc would be the number of male commuters unless offcourse.... no other category is considered)

2) IMO -- A
Income in 1999 cna be found out by calculating all the values of the 1st half and 2nd half.
Its mentioned thta 10% greatre than income in 1998

3) IMO - C
Sal = WekSal + Com

Com = k* Items
Com = k*65

Cond 1 : 390 = WeekSal + k*45 ...

Cond 2 : WekSal/Com = 10/3 ; Com = 3/10*WekSal

390 = 13WekSal/10

WekSal = 300

Com = 90

k = 90/45 = 2

Hence this weeks sal : 300 + 2*65
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by sanju09 » Tue Mar 09, 2010 1:15 am
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by khiten15 » Tue Mar 09, 2010 1:35 am
thanks shawshank for the answer

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by November Rain » Tue Mar 09, 2010 2:36 am
Giving it a shot

1) IMO - B
( if 20% is 50, then the remainnig 80% can be found out, whihc would be the number of male commuters unless offcourse.... no other category is considered)
The answer here it C. Statement 2 just tell us that there are 20 female commuters, not that there are only 20 female commuters. Therefore this information on its own doesnt allow us to answer the question.

You need both statements.