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Question 6 (nov.17th)

by bacali » Mon Nov 17, 2008 1:01 pm
At a certain company, each employee has a salary grade s that is at least 1 and at most 5. Each employee receives an hourly wage p, in dollars, determined by the formula p = 9.50 + 0.25(s – 1). An employee with a salary grade of 5 receives how many more dollars per hour than an employee with a salary grade of 1?


A. $0.50
B. $1.00
C. $1.25
D. $1.50
E. $1.75


This doesn't add up, I dont know why. Please help

OA:

C
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by dmateer25 » Mon Nov 17, 2008 1:13 pm
The OA must be wrong for this. It should be B
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by GMATCHPOINT » Mon Nov 17, 2008 1:54 pm
bacali, what is your source for those problems? kaplan800?
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by mals24 » Mon Nov 17, 2008 2:24 pm
The OA is B

check the following link

https://www.beatthegmat.com/salary-grade-t14734.html
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by vishubn » Mon Nov 17, 2008 5:51 pm
Wat on earth !!

OA is wrong :) wats the source???

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by bacali » Mon Nov 17, 2008 5:53 pm
This is from the GMAT paper sets.
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by cramya » Mon Nov 17, 2008 6:43 pm
I agree B) it is....

If its a sets question then u cannot trust the OA 100%. Dont know which ones are going to be worng and which ones are going to be right.
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