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by sanju09 » Fri Aug 27, 2010 5:00 am
Last year an employee received a gross annual salary of $18,000, which was paid in equal paychecks throughout the year. What was the gross salary received in each of the paychecks?

(1) The employee received a total of 24 paychecks during the year.

(2) The employee received a paycheck twice a month each month during the year.


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by pradeepkaushal9518 » Fri Aug 27, 2010 7:46 am
1.suff.
2.suff

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by Gurpinder » Fri Aug 27, 2010 9:32 am
Both statements are giving you the exact same information. So (D).
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by beatthegmatinsept » Fri Aug 27, 2010 9:57 am
One more for D.
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by neerajbansal » Fri Aug 27, 2010 4:17 pm
i am trying to understand the catch in this question..

(D) for me too
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by sanju09 » Sat Aug 28, 2010 3:17 am
neerajbansal wrote:i am trying to understand the catch in this question..

(D) for me too
the catch in this question..

If you ever find such a question in the middle of your test, understand you answered almost all the previous questions incorrectly.

caught the catch?
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by Gurpinder » Sat Aug 28, 2010 6:44 am
sanju09 wrote:
neerajbansal wrote:i am trying to understand the catch in this question..

(D) for me too
the catch in this question..

If you ever find such a question in the middle of your test, understand you answered almost all the previous questions incorrectly.

caught the catch?
Lol

Thanks for the excellent catch Sanju.

If i see this question on my test, I promise you, I will bang my head against the wall equivalent to the number of questions I answered. :P

hahaha.....
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