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# Of the goose eggs laid at a certain pond, 2/3 hatched and 3/

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The Official Guide For GMAT® Quantitative Review, 2ND Edition

Of the goose eggs laid at a certain pond, 2/3 hatched and 3/4 of the geese that hatched from those eggs survived the first month. Of the geese that survived the first month, 3/5 did not survive the first year. If 120 geese survived the first year and if no more than one goose hatched from each egg, how many goose eggs were laid at the pond?

(A) 280
(B) 400
(C) 540
(D) 600
(E) 840

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Category: Arithmetic Operations with rational numbers
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Of the goose eggs laid at a certain pond, 2/3 hatched and 3/4 of the geese that hatched from those eggs survived the first month. Of the geese that survived the first month, 3/5 did not survive the first year. If 120 geese survived the first year and if no more than one goose hatched from each egg, how many goose eggs were laid at the pond?

(A) 280
(B) 400
(C) 540
(D) 600
(E) 840

Of the goose eggs laid at a certain pond, 2/3 hatched and 3/4 of the geese that hatched from those eggs survived the first month:
2/3*3/4 = 1/2 survived the first month.

Of the geese that survived the first month, 3/5 did not survive the first year:
(1-3/5)*1/2 = 1/5 survived the first year.

120 geese survived the first year:

1/5*(total) = 120 --> (total) = 600.

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Of the goose eggs laid at a certain pond, 2/3 hatched and 3/4 f the geese that hatched from those eggs survived the first month.Of the geese that survived the first month, 3/5 did not survive the first year. If 120 geese survived the first year and if no more than one goose hatched from each egg, how many goose eggs were laid at the pond?

(A) 280
(B) 400
(C) 540
(D) 600
(E) 840

Sol: Plugging in answer choices is best bet
540 eggs laid ----> 2/3 hatached so 540*2/3 = 360 and 3/4 of these eggs survived the first month so 3/4*360=270 survived and out of these 2/5 survived the first year. so 270*2/5=96...But is given that 120 geese survived so no of eggs laid must be more than 540 so

Lets take D and check 6000----> 2/3h hatched (400) of these 3/4 survived first month is 300 and out 300 2.5 survied first year which 2/5*300=120----> same as stated in the Question.

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choice D.
Let the total geese be x
Given:x*(2/3)*(3/4)*(2/5)=120
Therefore,x/5=120
x=600
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Of the goose eggs laid at a certain pond, 2/3 hatched and 3/4 of the geese that hatched from those eggs survived the first month. Of the geese that survived the first month, 3/5 did not survive the first year. If 120 geese survived the first year and if no more than one goose hatched from each egg, how many goose eggs were laid at the pond?

(A) 280
(B) 400
(C) 540
(D) 600
(E) 840

Of the goose eggs laid at a certain pond, 2/3 hatched and 3/4 of the geese that hatched from those eggs survived the first month:
2/3*3/4 = 1/2 survived the first month.

Of the geese that survived the first month, 3/5 did not survive the first year:
(1-3/5)*1/2 = 1/5 survived the first year.

120 geese survived the first year:

1/5*(total) = 120 --> (total) = 600.

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05 Dec 2014, 01:25
I used a bit different approach. The total must be LCM of 3, 4, and 5 or else, fraction won't make to 120. This means whatever the total is, it must be multiple of 60. I started with 540 and landed with 112 instead of 120 and I went on to mark 600. Is this approach correct?

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05 Dec 2014, 02:11
Let the goose eggs laid at pond = x

Total hatched $$= \frac{2x}{3}$$

Survived in 1st month $$= \frac{2x}{3} * \frac{3}{4} = \frac{x}{2}$$

Not surviving 1st year $$= \frac{x}{2} * \frac{3}{5} = \frac{3x}{10}$$

Surviving 1st year $$= \frac{5x}{10} - \frac{3x}{10} = \frac{2x}{10}$$

Given that $$\frac{2x}{10} = 120$$

x = 120*5 = 600

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