Eighty percent of the lights at Hotel California are switched on at 8 p.m. one evening. However, forty percent of the lights that are supposed to be switched off are actually switched on, and ten percent of the lights that are supposed to be switched on are actually switched off. What percent of the lights that are switched on are supposed to be switched off?
1. 22(2/9)%
2. 16(2/3)%
3. 11(1/9)%
4. 10%
5. 5%
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Say hotel california has 1000 lightssumanr84 wrote:Eighty percent of the lights at Hotel California are switched on at 8 p.m. one evening. However, forty percent of the lights that are supposed to be switched off are actually switched on, and ten percent of the lights that are supposed to be switched on are actually switched off. What percent of the lights that are switched on are supposed to be switched off?
1. 22(2/9)%
2. 16(2/3)%
3. 11(1/9)%
4. 10%
5. 5%
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800 are supposed to be on
Now 80 of the 200 which are supposed to be off are on
80 of the lights that are supposed to be on are off
80 of the lights which are supposed to be off are on
Total lights on =800
%of the lights which are supposed to be off are on = 80/800*100 =10%
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please help! getting an incorrect answer:
take x to be the total no. of lights
ten percent of lights that are spsd to be switched on are switched off means that 90% of 80% are switched on
forty percent of lights that are spsd to be off are on, which means than 40% of 20% are also switched on
--> (0.8)(0.9)x + (0.2)(0.4)x are switched on
--> 0.72x + 0.08x -> 0.8x are switched on
Which means that 80% of lights are switched on and hence no change is required. So, my answer comes to 0%
take x to be the total no. of lights
ten percent of lights that are spsd to be switched on are switched off means that 90% of 80% are switched on
forty percent of lights that are spsd to be off are on, which means than 40% of 20% are also switched on
--> (0.8)(0.9)x + (0.2)(0.4)x are switched on
--> 0.72x + 0.08x -> 0.8x are switched on
Which means that 80% of lights are switched on and hence no change is required. So, my answer comes to 0%
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Ajith, How did you get the " 800 are supposed to be on " part? The question says 80% ARE ON AT 8pm ONE PARTICULAR EVENING. Its not supposed to be like that. Am I missing something?
I am getting 0% as well. Here is my approach:
Let total number of lights = 100
Let total Supposed ON = x
Then, Supposed OFF = 100-x
Now, The number supposed to be ON = (ON Currently) - 40% of (100-x) + 10% x
In other words,
x = 80 - 40/100 (100-x) + 10x
Solving for x, we get x = 80, which is of course the number on now. So no change is required..........
I am getting 0% as well. Here is my approach:
Let total number of lights = 100
Let total Supposed ON = x
Then, Supposed OFF = 100-x
Now, The number supposed to be ON = (ON Currently) - 40% of (100-x) + 10% x
In other words,
x = 80 - 40/100 (100-x) + 10x
Solving for x, we get x = 80, which is of course the number on now. So no change is required..........
The question is asking what percent of lights that are switched on are supposed to be switched off?
let total lights be = 100
so 80% or 80 are supposed to be switched on, and
40% of lights that are supposed to be switched off are on, hence 40% of remaining 20 which are supposed to be off are on. i.e. 8 lights which are supposed to be off are on.
also 10% of lights that are supposed to be on are off, hence 10% of 80 lights that are supposed to be on are off, i.e 8 lights are off.
consequently the total number of lights that are on is still 80. but the question is asking what percent of lights that are switched on are supposed to be switched off?
therefore, 8/80*100 = 10% ( ANSWER 4)
let total lights be = 100
so 80% or 80 are supposed to be switched on, and
40% of lights that are supposed to be switched off are on, hence 40% of remaining 20 which are supposed to be off are on. i.e. 8 lights which are supposed to be off are on.
also 10% of lights that are supposed to be on are off, hence 10% of 80 lights that are supposed to be on are off, i.e 8 lights are off.
consequently the total number of lights that are on is still 80. but the question is asking what percent of lights that are switched on are supposed to be switched off?
therefore, 8/80*100 = 10% ( ANSWER 4)
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I am sorry, I still dont get it.
I would really appreciate it if someone can explain where we are getting "80 are supposed to be ON"? It doesn't say so anywhere in the question.
It says 80 lights are on. And that must be the wrong number because some lights that are supposed to be off are on and vica versa.
In other words, 80 are not supposed to be ON but are ON by mistake.
I must be missing something but just need to know where am I going wrong in my thought process.
I would really appreciate it if someone can explain where we are getting "80 are supposed to be ON"? It doesn't say so anywhere in the question.
It says 80 lights are on. And that must be the wrong number because some lights that are supposed to be off are on and vica versa.
In other words, 80 are not supposed to be ON but are ON by mistake.
I must be missing something but just need to know where am I going wrong in my thought process.
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Let's complicate things then!vibhusethi wrote:I am sorry, I still dont get it.
I would really appreciate it if someone can explain where we are getting "80 are supposed to be ON"? It doesn't say so anywhere in the question.
It says 80 lights are on. And that must be the wrong number because some lights that are supposed to be off are on and vica versa.
In other words, 80 are not supposed to be ON but are ON by mistake.
I must be missing something but just need to know where am I going wrong in my thought process.
Eighty percent of the lights at Hotel California are switched on at 8 p.m. one evening. However, forty percent of the lights that are supposed to be switched off are actually switched on, and ten percent of the lights that are supposed to be switched on are actually switched off. What percent of the lights that are switched on are supposed to be switched off?
Let the total no of lights be, x
now 0.8x are on one evening
0.2x lights are supposed to be off
40% of it is on = 0.08x of lights which are supposed to be off are on
0.8x lights are supposed to be on
10% lights are supposed to be on are off = 0.8*.1x = 0.08x
The no of lights switched on which are supposed to be off = 0.08x
the no of lights supposed to be on = .8x
Now % = 0.08/0.8*100 =10%
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There is another thread on the same question at the link below... better if you check it for solution.sumanr84 wrote:Eighty percent of the lights at Hotel California are switched on at 8 p.m. one evening. However, forty percent of the lights that are supposed to be switched off are actually switched on, and ten percent of the lights that are supposed to be switched on are actually switched off. What percent of the lights that are switched on are supposed to be switched off?
1. 22(2/9)%
2. 16(2/3)%
3. 11(1/9)%
4. 10%
5. 5%
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https://www.beatthegmat.com/lights-in-a- ... tml#138417
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The crux of the problem lies in understanding the question line; "What percent of the lights that are switched on are supposed to be switched off?"
But at the same time the question also provided, "forty percent of the lights that are supposed to be switched off are actually switched on" - We know it is 0.08x.
I still didn't understood the question and those who understood it are lucky bunch.
But at the same time the question also provided, "forty percent of the lights that are supposed to be switched off are actually switched on" - We know it is 0.08x.
I still didn't understood the question and those who understood it are lucky bunch.
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One option is to use the Double Matrix method.sumanr84 wrote:Eighty percent of the lights at Hotel California are switched on at 8 p.m. one evening. However, forty percent of the lights that are supposed to be switched off are actually switched on, and ten percent of the lights that are supposed to be switched on are actually switched off. What percent of the lights that are switched on are supposed to be switched off?
A. 22(2/9)%
B. 16(2/3)%
C. 11(1/9)%
D. 10%
E. 5%
Here, we have a population of lightbulbs, and the two characteristics of each bulb are:
- incandescent or fluorescent
- on or off
Since the questions asks us to find a certain PERCENT, let's say that there are 100 bulbs altogether.
So, we can set up our matrix as follows:
Eighty percent of ALL the bulbs are switched on at this moment
So, 80 bulbs are turned ON.
This also means that the remaining 20 bulbs are OFF.
Add this to our diagram to get:
Forty percent of the incandescent bulbs are switched on
This one is tough, because we don't know how many incandescent bulbs there are.
So, let's let x = the number of incandescent bulbs.
This means the remaining 100-x bulbs are fluorescent
Let's add this to our diagram first, and THEN tackle the given info:
Okay, if x = the number of incandescent bulbs, and 40% of those bulbs are switched on, then the number of incandescent bulbs that are on = 40% of x = 0.4x
Likewise, if 100-x = the number of fluorescent bulbs, and 90% of those bulbs are switched on, then the number of fluorescent bulbs that are on = 90% of 100-x = 0.9(100 - x)
Add this to our diagram to get:
When we examine the left-hand column, we can see that the sum of the boxes is 80.
In other words: 0.4x + 0.9(100 - x) = 80
Expand: 0.4x + 90 - 0.9x = 80
Simplify: -0.5x = -10
Solve: x = 20
So, there are 20 incandescent bulbs, and 40% of them are on. 40% of 20 = 8, so 8 of the incandescent bulbs are on:
We can see that, of the 80 bulbs that are on, 8 of them are incandescent.
8/80 = 1/10 = 10%
Answer: D
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We have two groups of lights: lights that should be on, and lights that should be off.
Overall, 80% of lights are on. Of lights that should be on, 90% are on (since 10% are off), and of lights that should be off, 40% are on. So we have a standard mixtures situation, which is always a weighted average situation; drawing these three 'averages' on a number line (I'm using a weighted average method here sometimes called 'alligation' that might not make much sense to anyone who has never seen it, but you can google that term to find a more detailed explanation) :
---40-----------------80---90----
the ratio of the distances to the middle must equal the ratio of the two groups. So the two types of lights are in a 40 to 10 ratio, or 4 to 1 ratio, and so 4/5 of them are supposed to be on (since 80 is closer to 90), and the rest, 1/5, are meant to be off.
So if we have 100 lights in total, 20 should be off, but actually 40% of those, or 8 of them, are on. Overall 80 lights are on, so 8/80 = 10% of those should have been off.
Overall, 80% of lights are on. Of lights that should be on, 90% are on (since 10% are off), and of lights that should be off, 40% are on. So we have a standard mixtures situation, which is always a weighted average situation; drawing these three 'averages' on a number line (I'm using a weighted average method here sometimes called 'alligation' that might not make much sense to anyone who has never seen it, but you can google that term to find a more detailed explanation) :
---40-----------------80---90----
the ratio of the distances to the middle must equal the ratio of the two groups. So the two types of lights are in a 40 to 10 ratio, or 4 to 1 ratio, and so 4/5 of them are supposed to be on (since 80 is closer to 90), and the rest, 1/5, are meant to be off.
So if we have 100 lights in total, 20 should be off, but actually 40% of those, or 8 of them, are on. Overall 80 lights are on, so 8/80 = 10% of those should have been off.
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We can let the total number of lights be 100 and let n = the number of lights supposed to be switched off. Thus, 100 - n = the number of lights supposed to be switched on.sumanr84 wrote:Eighty percent of the lights at Hotel California are switched on at 8 p.m. one evening. However, forty percent of the lights that are supposed to be switched off are actually switched on, and ten percent of the lights that are supposed to be switched on are actually switched off. What percent of the lights that are switched on are supposed to be switched off?
1. 22(2/9)%
2. 16(2/3)%
3. 11(1/9)%
4. 10%
5. 5%
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From the information given in the problem, we see that 0.4n of the supposed turn-off lights are on and 0.9(100 - n) of the supposed turn-on lights are on. Since the total number of lights that are currently turned on is 0.8 x 100 = 80, we can create the equation:
0.4n + 0.9(100 - n) = 80
0.4n + 90 - 0.9n = 80
-0.5n = -10
n = 20
Since there are 20 supposed turn-off lights, but 0.4 x 20 = 8 of them are turned on, the percent of turn-on lights that are supposed to be turned off is 8/80 = 0.1 = 10%.
Answer: 4/D
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