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# A certain college has a total of 400 seniors, each majoring in exactly

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A certain college has a total of 400 seniors, each majoring in exactly [#permalink]  08 Nov 2004, 20:30
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A certain college has a total of 400 seniors, each majoring in exactly one of six subjects. A minimum of 20 seniors major in each of the six subjects. If three-quarters of the seniors major in one of four subjects, what is the greatest possible number of seniors majoring in one of the other two subjects?

A. 100
B. 80
C. 75
D. 60
E. 50
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Re: A certain college has a total of 400 seniors, each majoring in exactly [#permalink]  08 Nov 2004, 20:36
There's a lot of verbiage here. I believe it's B) 80
There is 100 remaining for other 2 topics. 20 min to 1 of them. The max the other can have is 80.
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Re: A certain college has a total of 400 seniors, each majoring in exactly [#permalink]  08 Nov 2004, 20:39
I can't get the meaning

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400 seniors, each majoring in exactly one of six subjects

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A minimum of 20 seniors major in each of the six subjects

Can somebody explain [/quote]
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Re: A certain college has a total of 400 seniors, each majoring in exactly [#permalink]  08 Nov 2004, 20:41
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Let's say you have 6 subjects {A,B,C,D,E,F}
First four subjects, you have 3/4 of 400. So 300 people goes to those first four subjects. For remaining E and F, you have 100 left. Since you need a minimum per subject, if E is 20, F can have a max value of 80 and vice versa
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Re: A certain college has a total of 400 seniors, each majoring in exactly [#permalink]  08 Nov 2004, 20:50
Got it... Thanks Paul

Looks simple, but IF you understand the meaning
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Re: A certain college has a total of 400 seniors, each majoring in exactly [#permalink]  09 Nov 2004, 05:35
Paul and Venksune, you are rt the answer is 80.

The wordiness of the problem got me confused
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Re: A certain college has a total of 400 seniors, each majoring in exactly [#permalink]  13 Nov 2004, 09:41
yeap it is 80

400 - (3/4 * 400) -20 = 80
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Re: A certain college has a total of 400 seniors, each majoring in exactly [#permalink]  14 Nov 2004, 07:47
The OA is 80.

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Re: A certain college has a total of 400 seniors, each majoring in exactly [#permalink]  12 Jul 2015, 21:47
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Re: A certain college has a total of 400 seniors, each majoring in exactly [#permalink]  02 Sep 2015, 08:15
The wording makes no sense. By "If three-quarters of the seniors major in one of four subjects," I understood that 300 major in one of the four, therefore leaving 100 left for the other 5 (20 in each).

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Re: A certain college has a total of 400 seniors, each majoring in exactly [#permalink]  02 Sep 2015, 20:13
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Hi All,

This question is poorly worded, but here is the "intent":

If 300 seniors major in 4 of the subjects, what is the MAXIMUM number of seniors that COULD be majoring in either of the other 2 subjects?

From here, we have to consider that a minimum of 20 seniors major in each subject. With the 300 seniors accounted for, the other 100 have to be placed in the remaining 2 subjects. To maximize one of the subjects, we'd have to minimize the other; we'd have 80 in one and 20 in the other.

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This type of question can occur on the GMAT, but it won't be this poorly worded.

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Re: A certain college has a total of 400 seniors, each majoring in exactly [#permalink]  04 Sep 2015, 07:28
This question is ridiculous and does not makes sense!..wasted my 3 minutes!
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