In an office that employees 120 people, m% of the employees are male, and c% of the employees are members of the custodial staff. How many employees are females who are not members of the custodial staff?
1) m + c = 50
2) The number of female employees who are members of the custodial staff is four
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Number of Males = (m/100)*120 = 1.2*mwinniethepooh wrote:In an office that employees 120 people, m% of the employees are male, and c% of the employees are members of the custodial staff. How many employees are females who are not members of the custodial staff?
1) m + c = 50
2) The number of female employees who are members of the custodial staff is four
Number of Females = 120 - 1.2m
Number of members of Custodial Staff = (c/100)*120 = 1.2*c
Number of members of non-custodial Staff = 120-1.2*c
Number of females in the non-custodial staff = ?
The value of (m,c) can be (20,30) or (30,20) or (10,40) or (40,10) ...1) m + c = 50
Hence Insufficient
Number of females = 120 - 1.2m2) The number of female employees who are members of the custodial staff is four
Number of females in custodial staff = 4
Number of females in non-custodial staff = Unknown
so Unknown + 4 = 120-1.2m
Hence, Insufficient!
Taking both 1 and 2, We have two equations and three unknowns(in bold)
Unknown + 4 = 120-1.2m and
m + c = 50
IMO Answer : E
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Males (m) + Females(f) = 120
m+f = 100%
custodial staff (in 120) = c %
asked females who are not custodial staff.
Statement 1:
m+c = 50
male % and 'c' can take any value that add up to 50. Insufficient alone
Statemnet 2:
female + custodial staff = 4.
it gives us nothing about total no of females or today custodial staff.
Together,
Even together, we can't find the total female % or the custodial staff % which is needed to find number of females who are not custodial staff.
m+f = 100%
custodial staff (in 120) = c %
asked females who are not custodial staff.
Statement 1:
m+c = 50
male % and 'c' can take any value that add up to 50. Insufficient alone
Statemnet 2:
female + custodial staff = 4.
it gives us nothing about total no of females or today custodial staff.
Together,
Even together, we can't find the total female % or the custodial staff % which is needed to find number of females who are not custodial staff.
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It's E because you know the males who are custodial staff from 1) and females who are custodial staff from 2). There are still two holes to fill: males who aren't custodial staff and females who aren't custodial staff.
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