BREAKING: Target Test Prep releases Brand New 2026 On Demand GMAT prep course

Redeem

did it lose the election?

This topic has expert replies
Post new topic Post Reply
Previous Topic Next Topic
User avatar
GMAT Instructor
Posts: 3650
Joined: Wed Jan 21, 2009 4:27 am
Location: India
Thanked: 267 times
Followed by:80 members
GMAT Score:760

did it lose the election?

by sanju09 » Tue Apr 05, 2011 2:09 am
In an election contested by two parties, Party X secured 12% of the total votes more than Party Y. If party Y got 132,000 votes, by how many votes did it lose the election?
(A) 24,000
(B) 36,000
(C) 168,000
(D) 240,000
(E) 300,000
The mind is everything. What you think you become. -Lord Buddha



Sanjeev K Saxena
Quantitative Instructor
The Princeton Review - Manya Abroad
Lucknow-226001

www.manyagroup.com
Top
Source: — Problem Solving |
User avatar
Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts
Posts: 65
Joined: Mon Mar 07, 2011 12:27 am
Thanked: 6 times

by 6983manish » Tue Apr 05, 2011 2:24 am
sanju09 wrote:In an election contested by two parties, Party X secured 12% of the total votes more than Party Y. If party Y got 132,000 votes, by how many votes did it lose the election?
(A) 24,000
(B) 36,000
(C) 168,000
(D) 240,000
(E) 300,000

Let X party secured "x" votes.
Y party secured 132000 votes.

x-132000 = (12/100)* ( x + 132000 )
x-132000 = 0.12x + 15840
0.88x = 133584
x = 168000

Votes by Y lost the election = 168000 - 132000 = 36000

IMO B
Top

GMAT/MBA Expert

User avatar
GMAT Instructor
Posts: 3835
Joined: Fri Apr 02, 2010 10:00 pm
Location: Milpitas, CA
Thanked: 1854 times
Followed by:523 members
GMAT Score:770

by Anurag@Gurome » Tue Apr 05, 2011 2:49 am
sanju09 wrote:In an election contested by two parties, Party X secured 12% of the total votes more than Party Y. If party Y got 132,000 votes, by how many votes did it lose the election?
(A) 24,000
(B) 36,000
(C) 168,000
(D) 240,000
(E) 300,000
Let total votes secured by Party X = x%
Then total votes secured by Party Y = (x - 12)%
Then, x + (x - 12)% = 100% implies 2x = 112 or x = 56%
This implies Party Y secured = 56 - 12 = 44% votes
Let total votes = T
Then 44% of T = 132,000
T = 132000/0.44 = 3,00,000 implies Total no. of votes = 3,00,000
So, Party Y lost the election by 12% of 3,00,000 = 0.12 * = 36,000 votes

The correct answer is B.
Anurag Mairal, Ph.D., MBA
GMAT Expert, Admissions and Career Guidance
Gurome, Inc.
1-800-566-4043 (USA)

Join Our Facebook Groups
GMAT with Gurome
https://www.facebook.com/groups/272466352793633/
Admissions with Gurome
https://www.facebook.com/groups/461459690536574/
Career Advising with Gurome
https://www.facebook.com/groups/360435787349781/
Top
Post new topic Post Reply
• Page 1 of 1