hi
Bunuel,
I did this by taking total geese = 100
30% male = 30
so 70% is female, which is 70
Then i assumed the migration to be of 50;
20% of 50 = 10 males
so rest 40 to be females
migration rate = 10/30:40/70
so answer is 7/12
is this approach right? can we assume the migration number as well?
Also, if the question didn't mention that migration of certain geese of sex = no of geese of that sex/total geese of that sex, i would have taked the migration rate of male to migration rate of female to be 10/40 = 1/4, is that how should one perceive or am i wrong here?
Your thoughts please
ajit257
A total of 30 percent of the geese included in a certain migration study were male. If some of the geese migrated during the study and 20 percent of the migrating geese were male, what was the ratio of the migration rate for the male geese to the migration rate for the female geese? [Migration rate for geese of a certain sex = (number of geese of that sex migrating) / (total number of geese of that sex)]
A. 1/4
B. 7/12
C. 2/3
D. 7/8
E. 8/7
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