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Of the 48 students in a class, 16 like to study History. What percentage of the girls in the class do not like to study History?

1) One-third of the boys in the class like to study History.
2) The number of girls who like History is 50 percent of the number of girls who do not like History.

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BTGmoderatorLU wrote:
Tue Feb 04, 2020 9:21 am
Source: e-GMAT

Of the 48 students in a class, 16 like to study History. What percentage of the girls in the class do not like to study History?

1) One-third of the boys in the class like to study History.
2) The number of girls who like History is 50 percent of the number of girls who do not like History.

The OA is D
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The correct answer: D

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Let number of boys = x
Let number of girls = y and number of students for history x + y = 48
Question => what percentage of girls do not like to study history
Let number of girls who do not like history = g
$$percentage\ of\ \left(g\right)=\frac{g}{y}\cdot\frac{100}{1}$$
Number of girls who like to study history = ( total number of girls) - ( girls who do not like to study history)
= y - g

Statement 1 => one-third of the boys in the class like to study history
Students who like to study history = ( boys who like history ) + ( girls who like history )
16 = ( boys who like history ) + y - g
Boys who like history = 16 - y + g
This statement gives the information that boys who like to study history take up 1/3 of total boys in the class
Therefore, boys who like history = 1/3 ( of number of boys ) where boys who like to study history = 16 - y + g and the total number of boys in the class => x = 48 - y
16 - y + g = 1/3 ( 48 - y )
$$16-y+g=\frac{48-y}{3}$$
3 ( 16 - y + g ) = 48 - y
48 - 3y + 3g = 48 - y
48 + 3g = 48 - y + 3y
3g = 48 + 2y - 48
$$\frac{3g}{3}=\frac{2y}{3}$$
g = 2y/3 (divide both sides by y)
$$\frac{g}{y}=\frac{2}{3}=>g\ =2\ and\ y\ =3$$
From question stem, percentage of (g) = g/y * 100
where q/y = 2/3
Percentage of girls who do not like to study history = 2/3%
Statement 1 is SUFFICIENT

Statement 2 => The number of girls who like history is 50% of the number of girls who do not like history
=> y - g = 50% of g
$$y-g=\frac{150}{100}\cdot g$$
$$y-g=\frac{1}{2}g$$
y - g = 1/2 * g
y - g = g/2
2 ( y - g ) = g
2y - 2g = g
2y = g + 2g
$$\frac{2y}{3}=\frac{3y}{3}$$
$$g=\frac{2y}{3}$$
g/y = 2/3
From question stem % of g = g/y * 100
Where g/y = 2/3
% of g = 2/3%
Statement 2 is SUFFICIENT
Since each statement alone is SUFFICIENT
Answer = option D