Comedians... Tough one...

[nervesofsteel]

All of the best comedians have had unhappy childhoods. Yet, many people who have had happy childhoods are good comedians, and some good comedians who have had miserably unhappy childhoods are happy adults.
If the statements in the passage are true, which one of the following CANNOT be true?

(A) The proportion of good comedians who had unhappy childhoods is greater than the proportion of the best comedians who did.
(B) Some good comedians have had unhappy childhoods and are unhappy adults.
(C) Most of the best comedians are happy adults.
(D) More good comedians have had unhappy childhoods than have had happy childhoods.
(E) The proportion of comedians who are happy adults is higher than the proportion who are unhappy adults.

OA A

[bignasty666]

obviously A.. as were talking proprtions here...

[pandeyvineet24]

I picked B. This was really tough

obviously A.. as were talking proprtions here...

The thing which i am struggling to get hold of is How can we know the proportions of the 2 different group from the question stem ?

"All of the best comedians have had unhappy childhoods. Yet, many people who have had happy childhoods are good comedians"

[bignasty666]

All of the best comedians have had unhappy childhoods. Yet, many people who have had happy childhoods are good comedians, and some good comedians who have had miserably unhappy childhoods are happy adults.
If the statements in the passage are true, which one of the following CANNOT be true?

(A) The proportion of good comedians who had unhappy childhoods is greater than the proportion of the best comedians who did.
(B) Some good comedians have had unhappy childhoods and are unhappy adults.
(C) Most of the best comedians are happy adults.
(D) More good comedians have had unhappy childhoods than have had happy childhoods.
(E) The proportion of comedians who are happy adults is higher than the proportion who are unhappy adults.

OA A

vineet as u can see the q is asking which CANNOT be true..A says proportion of good comedians who had UNHAPPY childhoods is greater than proprtion of best comedians..
The stem says all best comedians had unhappy childhood WHICH MEANS 100%...OR 1/1 IN TERMS OF PROPRTION..the stem also says that some good comedians had happy chilldhoods ..from this we deduce the "good comedians" have had proprtionately less unhappy childhoods than the best comedians as clearly it cannot be 100% or proportion wise 1/1...hence A cannot be true.

im sorry i suck at explaining this is the best i can do

[nervesofsteel]

yes i got it now..

Thanks

[bignasty666]

yes i got it now..

Thanks

rep me dude

[amazonviper]

Yeah I chose A right away and I did not read the other choices. Good explanation Bugnasty. Saved me from typing the same stuff

[joseph32]

I would go with option A as the correct option