---

Under the spoiler was written: [spoiler]C, only if 150 are either smokers or drinkers; otherwise E is always true[/spoiler] Since total number of drinkers are 120(i made a mistake while taking a screen shot,it reads as smokers) x +y = 120 x = 0.4*120 hence C The point raised by Stuart Kovinsky, tha...

---

sanju09 wrote:Under the spoiler was written: [spoiler]C, only if 150 are either smokers or drinkers; otherwise E is always true[/spoiler]

Since total number of drinkers are 120(i made a mistake while taking a screen shot,it reads as smokers)

x +y = 120
x = 0.4*120
hence C

---

In a survey of 150 persons, how many were smokers and drinkers? (1) 80 percent of the person surveyed were drinkers. (2) 40 percent of the smokers were drinkers also. [spoiler]Source: Crack-GMAT www.crack-GMAT.com[/spoiler] IMO C make a box with smokers and drinkers,non smokers and non drinkers stm...

---

Unfortunately, no, because you've only tested one set of numbers. You managed to find a case for which the remainder will be 4. But that doesn't mean that there aren't cases for which the remainder will NOT be 4. As an analogy, if I ask if you whether or not a/b is odd, and you plug in a=6 and b=2,...

---

While larger banks can afford to maintain their own data-processing operations, many smaller regional and community banks are finding that the cost associated with upgrading data-processing equipment and with the development and maintenance of new products and technical staff are prohibitive. A. co...

---

Well the discrepancy is actually not on overall bills paid, but on bills paid on time. For the first six months, because subscribers could not afford the premium package, a lot of customers did not pay on time thus increasing the proportion of late payers/ defaulters. Here late payers and defaulter...

---

Good 1

Last year, construction in the city of Vonter, including the rewiring of telephone and cable lines, caused the cost of providing cable television service to homes within the city to increase by 12 percent as compared to the previous year. In response, all cable companies in the city increased the pr...

---

SC # 279

Even as they never forgave the Crusaders who overran their homeland, the Syrians have never absolved the French for taking territory from them. (A) Even as they never forgave (B) While they never forgave (C) Just like they never forgave (D) Similarly to not forgiving (E) In spite of their never forg...