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

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Got it... Thanks Paul

Looks simple, but IF you understand the meaning

Paul and Venksune, you are rt the answer is 80.

The wordiness of the problem got me confused

yeap it is 80

400 - (3/4 * 400) -20 = 80

The OA is 80.

Thanks!

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).

Have I read it wrong?

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.

Final Answer:

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

GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich

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I understand your point, the question would be quite easy if it was writen correctly.

On the question sten we have "three-quarters of the seniors major in one of four subjects". This says that 300 major in ONE of the four subjects, not that 300 major in four of the subjects. Considering this and the fact that "A minimum of 20 seniors major in each of the six subjects.", we would be left with 20 as the maximun for each of the remaining five subjects.

Am I missing something here?

Hi Mascarfi,

As you have also determined, the original prompt is poorly worded. With your interpretation of the prompt, the answer would be 20... but that answer is NOT among the answer choices, which means that your interpretation cannot be correct. You can actually use this type of logic on the Official GMAT to get 'unstuck' from certain questions. If you end up with an answer that is not among the 5 choices, then there is some logical flaw in the handful of 'steps' that you went through - likely a mis-interpration of information that you've been given (or potentially a calculation error in your work).

GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich

This question is ridiculous and does not makes sense!..wasted my 3 minutes!