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The book says the answer is d. Why is E. wrong?
3*10^4 is greater than 4*10^3 by what percent?
A. 25%
B. 75%
C. 133 1/3%
D. 650%
E. 750%
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The way I did it....
30,000 > 4,000 by what percent
30,000- 4,000 = 26,000
26,000 = x/100 (4000)
x= 650
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So If the question read 30,000 is what percent of 4,000 would the answer than be 750%? I think this is where I went wrong.
Thanks,
rich
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yes, exactly, it's the "greater than" that we have to be careful with.
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toujours28 wrote: yes, exactly, it's the "greater than" that we have to be careful with.
greater than means a difference
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stolyar wrote: toujours28 wrote: yes, exactly, it's the "greater than" that we have to be careful with. greater than means a difference Agree.
rich: where did you get this question from? This is not a genuine trick they've used. This is just nonsense, trying to question reader's ability to understand the question correctly by playing game of nonobvious ambiguity.
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I picked up a book from a local gmat course. The USDA course in Washington D.C.
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