Question #33 Knewton Free test

[iikarthik]

Question #33 Knewton Free test
of the 310 cars manufactured by company X during the first quarter of last year, how many were sold by the end of that year?

1)Of all the cars manufactured by company X last year, 85 percent had sold by the end of that year.
2)A total of 1,900 cars manufactured by company X last year were sold by the end of that year.

OA is E

IMHO is B. It says that all the 1900 cars manufactured that yoear by the car company were sold out.
It implies that all the 310 (or whatever might be the number) cars manufactured by company X during the first quarter of last year were also sold out.

Pls correct me if i am wrong.

Thanks
Karthik

[vineeshp]

Your assumption is wrong. 1900 cars were sold. But nowhere in Stmt 2 does it say that only 1900 were produced.

[iikarthik]

Your assumption is wrong. 1900 cars were sold. But nowhere in Stmt 2 does it say that only 1900 were produced.

Thanks for ur reply.But statement says that "all the 1900 cars manufactured" Doesnt it restrict the numbers of cars manufactured to 1900.
My verbal skills dont help either

Karthik

[Brent@GMATPrepNow]

Hi Karthik,

The statement in question:
2)A total of 1,900 cars manufactured by company X last year were sold by the end of that year.

This means that, of all the cars Company X manufactured last year, 1900 of them sold by the end of the year.

It's similar to saying, "A total of 13 students who graduated from Harvard in 2010 later became CEOs." This doesn't mean there were only 13 Harvard graduates in 2010.

I hope that helps.

Cheers,
Brent

[pankajks2010]

Hi Karthik,

The statement in question:
2)A total of 1,900 cars manufactured by company X last year were sold by the end of that year.

This means that, of all the cars Company X manufactured last year, 1900 of them sold by the end of the year.

It's similar to saying, "A total of 13 students who graduated from Harvard in 2010 later became CEOs." This doesn't mean there were only 13 Harvard graduates in 2010.

I hope that helps.

Cheers,
Brent

Hey Brent,

Do they really ask such questions in GMAT?? Would be great to have your views on this.

Thanks in advance!!
P

[Brent@GMATPrepNow]

Hi Karthik,

The statement in question:
2)A total of 1,900 cars manufactured by company X last year were sold by the end of that year.

This means that, of all the cars Company X manufactured last year, 1900 of them sold by the end of the year.

It's similar to saying, "A total of 13 students who graduated from Harvard in 2010 later became CEOs." This doesn't mean there were only 13 Harvard graduates in 2010.

I hope that helps.

Cheers,
Brent

Hey Brent,

Do they really ask such questions in GMAT?? Would be great to have your views on this.

Thanks in advance!!
P

My feeling is that if you read the information differently, then there are probably others who read it differently too.

The GMAT test-makers are pretty good at avoiding any ambiguity, so perhaps the question could be worded a little differently to avoid any confusion (something like, "Of all cars manufactured last year, 1900 were sold by the end of the year").