If 25% of the employees at a firm did not take a vacation

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If 25% of the employees at a firm did not take a vacation last year, what percent of the employees received a promotion?

(I) Only 1 out of every 3 employees who took a vacation last year received a promotion.
(II) The number of employees who took a vacation but did not get a promotion was 500% of the number of employees who neither took a vacation nor got a promotion.

The OA is C

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by Jay@ManhattanReview » Wed Nov 28, 2018 10:37 pm

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BTGmoderatorLU wrote:Source: e-GMAT

If 25% of the employees at a firm did not take a vacation last year, what percent of the employees received a promotion?

(I) Only 1 out of every 3 employees who took a vacation last year received a promotion.
(II) The number of employees who took a vacation but did not get a promotion was 500% of the number of employees who neither took a vacation nor got a promotion.

The OA is C
Let's take each statement one by one.

(1) Only 1 out of every 3 employees who took a vacation last year received a promotion.

Pl. refer to the following image.

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(2) The number of employees who took a vacation but did not get a promotion was 500% of the number of employees who neither took a vacation nor got a promotion.

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(1) and (2) togther

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The correct answer: C

Hope this helps!

-Jay
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