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The Official Guide for GMAT® Review, 13th Edition - Quantitative Questions ProjectGuy's net income equals his gross income minus his deductions. By what percent did Guy's net income change on January 1, 1989, when both his gross income and his deductions increased? (1) Guy's gross income increased by 4 percent on January 1, 1989. (2) Guy's deductions increased by 15 percent on January 1, 1989. Practice Questions
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Re: Guy's net income equals his gross income minus his deduction [#permalink]
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SOLUTIONGuy's net income equals his gross income minus his deductions. By what percent did Guy's net income change on January 1, 1989, when both his gross income and his deductions increased?Given: Net Income = Gross Income - Deductions. (1) Guy's gross income increased by 4 percent on January 1, 1989. No info about deductions. Not sufficient. (2) Guy's deductions increased by 15 percent on January 1, 1989. No info about gross income. Not sufficient. (1)+(2) If Gross Income=100 and Deductions=100, then Guy had decrease in Net Income (since Deductions increased by greater percent than Gross Income) BUT if Gross Income=1,000 and Deductions=100, then Guy had some increase in Net Income. So, we cannot get the percent by which Guy's net income changed on January 1, 1989. Not sufficient. Answer: E.
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Re: Guy's net income equals his gross income minus his deduction [#permalink]
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N.Income = G.Income - Deductions lets say ni= gi -d from 1 gi => 1.04 gi doesnot take abt Deductions so not sufficient from 2 d => 1.15 d doesnot take abt Gross income so not sufficient from 1 and 2 new net income = 1.04 gi - 1.15 d Using thsi we still cant find the % change in Net income so E
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Re: Guy's net income equals his gross income minus his deduction [#permalink]
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1) No info about Deduction - Insufficient 2) No info about Gross income - Insufficient 1+2) New Income = 1.04 G + 1.15 D New Income will vary for different relative values of Gross Income & Deductions - Insufficient Answer E
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Re: Guy's net income equals his gross income minus his deduction [#permalink]
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SOLUTIONGuy's net income equals his gross income minus his deductions. By what percent did Guy's net income change on January 1, 1989, when both his gross income and his deductions increased?Given: Net Income = Gross Income - Deductions. (1) Guy's gross income increased by 4 percent on January 1, 1989. No info about deductions. Not sufficient. (2) Guy's deductions increased by 15 percent on January 1, 1989. No info about gross income. Not sufficient. (1)+(2) If Gross Income=100 and Deductions=100, then Guy had decrease in Net Income (since Deductions increased by greater percent than Gross Income) BUT if Gross Income=1,000 and Deductions=100, then Guy had some increase in Net Income. So, we cannot get the percent by which Guy's net income changed on January 1, 1989. Not sufficient. Answer: E. Kudos points given to everyone with correct solution. Let me know if I missed someone.
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Re: Guy's net income equals his gross income minus his deduction [#permalink]
04 Oct 2012, 17:27
I like those kind of questions because are almost pure logic without to stay too much thinking about numbers. NI = net incomeGI = gross incomeDed= deductionNI = GI - Ded1) we have only GI 2) we have only Ded Both are insuff Now is the most abstract part that you have to understand very carefully: if GI increase by 4% and Ded by 15% if we do not have a clear anchor point: GI even with a small variation could be larger than Ded so we could have a NI BUT if we have the reverse situation we would not have NI because the Ded could be larger than GI and the latter would disappear without to establish with security NI E is the answer
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Re: Guy's net income equals his gross income minus his deduction [#permalink]
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I have a question: If the problem provided with a Gross and Deduction ratio, then the correct answer would have been be C? Since we are looking for a percent change, it doesn't matter actual values, right?
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