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by quocbao » Tue Mar 03, 2009 8:54 am
I have a problem solving question like this:

A factory has 500 workers, 15% of whom are women. If 50 additional workers are to be hired and all present workers remain. How many of additional workers must be women in order to raise the percent of women employees to 20%.

A. 3
B. 10
C. 25
D. 30
E. 35

I do the following calculation:

15% of 500 = 75
20% of 550 = 110
110 - 75 = 35

But OA is B :-(
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by bluementor » Tue Mar 03, 2009 9:00 am
At present:

15% of 500 = women = 75

In future, you want:

20% of (500 + 50) = women = 110

Therefore, additional women = 110 -75 = 35.

I'm getting E as well. What's the source? Anybody has a different answer?

-BM-
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by quocbao » Tue Mar 03, 2009 9:02 am
I got this in a file shared by my friend "GMAT Plus Math". OA is B

Have no idea :oops:
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by farooq » Tue Mar 03, 2009 9:22 am
Even I get the same i.e. 35 (E).
Regards,
Farooq Farooqui.
London. UK

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by mridula » Tue Mar 03, 2009 11:49 am
could there be some mistake in the answer key? I am also getting E.
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by quocbao » Tue Mar 03, 2009 7:48 pm
Yes, may be the answer key is wrong. It's very bad when you practise on bad quality question set :-(
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by Dream Weaver » Tue Mar 03, 2009 9:59 pm
IMO E
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by Baldini » Wed Mar 04, 2009 12:41 am
agreed - 35.
GMAX
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