A high school gym class has 60 students, all whom have different favorite subjects. In a recent survey, two-thirds of them marked either math or English as their favorite subjects, while the remaining one-third marked one of the other subjects as their favorite. How many of the students marked English as their favorite subject?
(1) There are more than twice as many students who marked English as their favorite subject than there are students who marked math as their favorite subject.
(2) There are more than 12 students who marked math as their favorite subject.
At first the problem looked like a typical matrix problem. But the key words in the statements are "more than"
I guessed the OA which is C.
Can someone explain why? and if so, give the algebraic solution to it.
Thanks many.
(1) There are more than twice as many students who marked English as their favorite subject than there are students who marked math as their favorite subject.
(2) There are more than 12 students who marked math as their favorite subject.
At first the problem looked like a typical matrix problem. But the key words in the statements are "more than"
I guessed the OA which is C.
Can someone explain why? and if so, give the algebraic solution to it.
Thanks many.
