JCLEONES wrote:
A certain established organization has exactly 4096 members. A certain new organization has exactly 4 members. Every 5 months the membership of the established organization increases by 100 percent. Every 10 months the membership of the new organization increases by 700 percent. New members join the organizations only on the last day of each 5- or 10-month period. Assuming that no member leaves the organizations, after how many months will the two groups have exactly the same number of members?
(A) 20
(B) 40
(C) 50
(D) 80
(E) 100
Old org - No of members = 4096 = 2^12 - Every 5 months, increase of 100% i.e. it becomes 2 times its previous value.
New org - No of members = 4 = 2^2 - Every 10 months, increase of 700% i.e. it becomes 8 times its previous value.
There is a difference of 10 multiplications of 2 between them.
Note what happens every 10 months - the old org grows to 4 times but the new org grows to 8 times. So the new org gets 1 extra multiplication by 2 in 10 months. To get 10 extra multiplications by 2, the new org will need 10 * 10 = 100 months.
Answer (E)
Think of it in terms of relative speed concept.
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