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If 75% of guest at a certain banquet ordered dessert, what percent of guest ordered coffee?

(1) 60%of the guest who ordered dessert also ordered coffee.

(2) 90%of the guest who ordered coffee also ordered dessert.
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If 75% of guest at a certain banquet ordered dessert,what percent of guest ordered coffee?

1)60%of the guest who ordered dessert also ordered coffee.

2)90%of the guest who ordered coffee also ordered dessert.

If 75% of guest at a certain banquet ordered dessert, what percent of guest ordered coffee?

Assume there were 100 guests on the banquet. So we have that 75 of them ordered dessert.

(1) 60% of the guest who ordered dessert also ordered coffee --> 0.6*75=45 guests ordered both dessert AND coffee, but we still don't know how many guests ordered coffee. Not sufficient.

(2) 90% of the guest who ordered coffee also ordered dessert --> 0.9*(coffee) # of guests who ordered both dessert AND coffee. Not sufficient.

(1)+(2) From (1) # of guests who ordered both dessert AND coffee is 45 and from (2) 0.9*(coffee)=45 --> (coffee)=50. Sufficient.

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Nice problem. Creating a table to keep track of the values would be helpful here.

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IF 75% of guest at a certain banquet ordered dessert,what percent of guest ordered coffee?

1)60%of the guest who ordered dessert also ordered coffee.

2)90%of the guest who ordered coffee also ordered dessert.

In questions involving sets, venn diagrams can be used. They tend to make questions simple.

We need to find the % of total guests (G) who ordered coffee (C). So we want C in terms of G.
Given D = 75% of G

1. 60% of D ordered coffee too
Attachment:

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From the diagram, we see that we do not know what % people ordered only coffee.

2. 90% of C ordered Dessert too.
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From the diagram, we see that we do not know what % people ordered only coffee.

Using both the statements, we see that
60% * 75% * G = 90% * C
Since we get C in terms of G, this is sufficient. Answer (C)
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How do we be sure that there are only desert & coffee and in offering? Why is answer not E.
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What if there were certain guests who ordered neither coffee nor dessert ?
Would the answer be E in that case?
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Let D be the event that somebody order the dessert, let C be the event that somebody ordered coffee. From Bayes' Theorem, P(C|D)= P(C)*P(D|C)/P(D) and so P(C)= P(C|D)*P(D) / P(D|C). P(D)=.75 is given.

1. "60%of the guest who ordered dessert also ordered coffee." => P(C|D)=.6. Not sufficient.
2. "90%of the guest who ordered coffee also ordered dessert." => P(D|C)=.9. Not sufficient.
1 and 2: P(C)= P(C|D)*P(D) / P(D|C) = .6*.75/.9 = .5. Sufficient.

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What if there were certain guests who ordered neither coffee nor dessert ?
Would the answer be E in that case?

We have already taken into account that there could be some people who ordered neither. In fact, if you see the answer you get, 75% ordered dessert, 50% ordered coffee and 45% ordered both. This means that 75 + 50 - 45 = 80% people ordered at least one of dessert and coffee. The rest of the 20% people ordered neither dessert nor coffee. They could have ordered something else or nothing - it doesn't matter to us. The answer remains (C).
From both the statements, we see that 45% of all = 90% of C which means C is half of all. Hence C = 50%. Our questions asks the % of all who ordered coffee. We get that as 50%. We are not concerned about the remaining people.
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Baten80 wrote:
IF 75% of guest at a certain banquet ordered dessert,what percent of guest ordered coffee?

1)60%of the guest who ordered dessert also ordered coffee.

2)90%of the guest who ordered coffee also ordered dessert.

IF 75% of guest at a certain banquet ordered dessert, what percent of guest ordered coffee?

Assume there were 100 guests on the banquet. So we have that 75 of them ordered dessert.

(1) 60% of the guest who ordered dessert also ordered coffee --> 0.45*75=45 guests ordered both dessert AND coffee, but we still don't know how many guests ordered coffee. Not sufficient.

(2) 90% of the guest who ordered coffee also ordered dessert --> 0.9*(coffee) # of guests who ordered both dessert AND coffee. Not sufficient.

(1)+(2) From (1) # of guests who ordered both dessert AND coffee is 45 and from (2) 0.9*(coffee)=45 --> (coffee)=50. Sufficient.

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Just to clear a major fundamental misunderstanding I have here - why didn't we use the formula method to solve this problem?So:

Total guests=Coffee + Dessert - Both --(a)

Let guests be 100. Hence dessert =75. From (1), Both = 45

Hence from equation (a) Coffee should = 30..

I know this is wrong, but I need someone to pinpoint why my approach is wrong here

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Bunuel wrote:
Baten80 wrote:
IF 75% of guest at a certain banquet ordered dessert,what percent of guest ordered coffee?

1)60%of the guest who ordered dessert also ordered coffee.

2)90%of the guest who ordered coffee also ordered dessert.

IF 75% of guest at a certain banquet ordered dessert, what percent of guest ordered coffee?

Assume there were 100 guests on the banquet. So we have that 75 of them ordered dessert.

(1) 60% of the guest who ordered dessert also ordered coffee --> 0.45*75=45 guests ordered both dessert AND coffee, but we still don't know how many guests ordered coffee. Not sufficient.

(2) 90% of the guest who ordered coffee also ordered dessert --> 0.9*(coffee) # of guests who ordered both dessert AND coffee. Not sufficient.

(1)+(2) From (1) # of guests who ordered both dessert AND coffee is 45 and from (2) 0.9*(coffee)=45 --> (coffee)=50. Sufficient.

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Just to clear a major fundamental misunderstanding I have here - why didn't we use the formula method to solve this problem?So:

Total guests=Coffee + Dessert - Both --(a)

Let guests be 100. Hence dessert =75. From (1), Both = 45

Hence from equation (a) Coffee should = 30..

I know this is wrong, but I need someone to pinpoint why my approach is wrong here

Thanks guys

It should be {Total}={Coffee}+{Dessert}-{Both}+{Neither}. Since we don't know how many of the guests ordered neither coffee nor dessert we cannot calculate the number of guests who ordered coffee based on the info from (1).

Check Karishma's post above about the same issue: if-75-of-guest-at-a-certain-banquet-ordered-dessert-what-109889.html#p1101532
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VeritasPrepKarishma wrote:
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IF 75% of guest at a certain banquet ordered dessert,what percent of guest ordered coffee?

1)60%of the guest who ordered dessert also ordered coffee.

2)90%of the guest who ordered coffee also ordered dessert.

In questions involving sets, venn diagrams can be used. They tend to make questions simple.

We need to find the % of total guests (G) who ordered coffee (C). So we want C in terms of G.
Given D = 75% of G

1. 60% of D ordered coffee too
Attachment:
The attachment Ques1.jpg is no longer available

From the diagram, we see that we do not know what % people ordered only coffee.

2. 90% of C ordered Dessert too.
Attachment:
The attachment Ques2.jpg is no longer available

From the diagram, we see that we do not know what % people ordered only coffee.

Using both the statements, we see that
60% * 75% * G = 90% * C
Since we get C in terms of G, this is sufficient. Answer (C)

But Karishma, if we assume that sample is 100(since finally we need to calculate only percentage), so dessert 75% = 75 and 60% of 75% = 45
Please check this image this is how Venn diagram will come out-
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VeritasPrepKarishma wrote:
Baten80 wrote:
IF 75% of guest at a certain banquet ordered dessert,what percent of guest ordered coffee?

1)60%of the guest who ordered dessert also ordered coffee.

2)90%of the guest who ordered coffee also ordered dessert.

In questions involving sets, venn diagrams can be used. They tend to make questions simple.

We need to find the % of total guests (G) who ordered coffee (C). So we want C in terms of G.
Given D = 75% of G

1. 60% of D ordered coffee too
Attachment:
Ques1.jpg

From the diagram, we see that we do not know what % people ordered only coffee.

2. 90% of C ordered Dessert too.
Attachment:
Ques2.jpg

From the diagram, we see that we do not know what % people ordered only coffee.

Using both the statements, we see that
60% * 75% * G = 90% * C
Since we get C in terms of G, this is sufficient. Answer (C)

But Karishma, if we assume that sample is 100(since finally we need to calculate only percentage), so dessert 75% = 75 and 60% of 75% = 45
Please check this image this is how Venn diagram will come out-

You cannot get the answer from (1) since you don't know how many of the guests ordered neither coffee nor dessert.
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If 75% of guest at a certain banquet ordered dessert,what percent of guest ordered coffee?

1)60%of the guest who ordered dessert also ordered coffee.

2)90%of the guest who ordered coffee also ordered dessert.

If 75% of guest at a certain banquet ordered dessert, what percent of guest ordered coffee?

Assume there were 100 guests on the banquet. So we have that 75 of them ordered dessert.

(1) 60% of the guest who ordered dessert also ordered coffee --> 0.45*75=45 guests ordered both dessert AND coffee, but we still don't know how many guests ordered coffee. Not sufficient.

(2) 90% of the guest who ordered coffee also ordered dessert --> 0.9*(coffee) # of guests who ordered both dessert AND coffee. Not sufficient.

(1)+(2) From (1) # of guests who ordered both dessert AND coffee is 45 and from (2) 0.9*(coffee)=45 --> (coffee)=50. Sufficient.

Hey Bunuel please check the bolded part in statement 1. This should be 0.6*75=45 not the original one. 0.45*75=33.75. Thanks!
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Bunuel wrote:
Baten80 wrote:
If 75% of guest at a certain banquet ordered dessert,what percent of guest ordered coffee?

1)60%of the guest who ordered dessert also ordered coffee.

2)90%of the guest who ordered coffee also ordered dessert.

If 75% of guest at a certain banquet ordered dessert, what percent of guest ordered coffee?

Assume there were 100 guests on the banquet. So we have that 75 of them ordered dessert.

(1) 60% of the guest who ordered dessert also ordered coffee --> 0.45*75=45 guests ordered both dessert AND coffee, but we still don't know how many guests ordered coffee. Not sufficient.

(2) 90% of the guest who ordered coffee also ordered dessert --> 0.9*(coffee) # of guests who ordered both dessert AND coffee. Not sufficient.

(1)+(2) From (1) # of guests who ordered both dessert AND coffee is 45 and from (2) 0.9*(coffee)=45 --> (coffee)=50. Sufficient.

Hey Bunuel please check the bolded part in statement 1. This should be 0.6*75=45 not the original one. 0.45*75=33.75. Thanks!

Typo edited. Thank you.
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