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In the past decade, a decreasing % of money spent on treating disease X went to pay for standard methods of treatment, which are known to be effective though they are expensive and painful. An increasing % is being spent on nonstandard treatments, which caus
e little discomfort. Unfortunately,the nonstandard treatments have proved to be ineffective. Obviously, less money is being spent now on effective treatments of disease X than was spent 10 years ago.
Which one of the following if assumed, allows the concsulsion above to be properly drawn?
a) Varieties of disease X requiring expensive special treatment have become less common during the past decade
b) nonstandard methos of treating disease X are more expensive now than they were a decade ago.
c) of total medical expenditures, the percentage that is due to treatment of disease X increased during the past decade
d) Most of the money spent on treating disease X during the last decade went to pay for nonstandard treatments
e) The total amount of money spent on treating disease X slowly declined during the past decade
e little discomfort. Unfortunately,the nonstandard treatments have proved to be ineffective. Obviously, less money is being spent now on effective treatments of disease X than was spent 10 years ago.
Which one of the following if assumed, allows the concsulsion above to be properly drawn?
a) Varieties of disease X requiring expensive special treatment have become less common during the past decade
b) nonstandard methos of treating disease X are more expensive now than they were a decade ago.
c) of total medical expenditures, the percentage that is due to treatment of disease X increased during the past decade
d) Most of the money spent on treating disease X during the last decade went to pay for nonstandard treatments
e) The total amount of money spent on treating disease X slowly declined during the past decade
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Amit
Amit
) you can crack it. Remember always with such percentage questions where conclusion deals with absolute values - you need to see that in the increasing-decreasing environment whether the total values have increased or decreased or not. This is crucial to be able to compare the individual absolute value proportions. See the examples below for a better understanding of this concept.
