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At a corporate board meeting, two advertising ideas A and B are preese [#permalink] New post   30 May 2016, 13:59
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At a corporate board meeting, two advertising ideas A and B are preesented such that each board member supports one but not the other. Of the board members, 45 percent support idea A and the remaining support idea B. How many board members are in favor of advertising heavily in social media?

(1) Of the supporters of Idea A, 58 percent are in favor of advertising heavily in social media.

(2) Of the supporters of Idea B, 22 are in favor of advertising heavily in social media.
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Re: At a corporate board meeting, two advertising ideas A and B are preese [#permalink] New post   31 May 2016, 00:35
let the total be x
45 % support idea A = .45x
55 % support idea B = .55x

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How many board members are in favour of advertising heavily in social media ?

1.58% of 0.45x support advertising heavily in social media = 0.261x
insufficient.

2.within B 22 are in favour of advertising heavily in social media = 22
insufficient.

combining both

0.261x + 22 are the total no of people in favour of .... social media

since we do not know the value of x both the statements together are insufficient , E
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Re: At a corporate board meeting, two advertising ideas A and B are preese [#permalink] New post   08 Jul 2016, 00:55
Have a doubt here. It is mentioned that those who support idea A would not support idea B.

As an implication in option (B), since 22 members are in favor of Social Media that implies that none of the members in the group 45% of Total support Social Media (Irrespective of the number). Also among the supporters of idea B that is 55% of the Total, since 22 members support Social Media this implies that the remainder DO NOT support Social Media. So can't we derive the answer from Statement (B) alone?

Any clarification would be much appreciated...Thanks
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Re: At a corporate board meeting, two advertising ideas A and B are preese [#permalink] New post   08 Jul 2016, 15:11
ligeraks wrote:
Have a doubt here. It is mentioned that those who support idea A would not support idea B.

As an implication in option (B), since 22 members are in favor of Social Media that implies that none of the members in the group 45% of Total support Social Media (Irrespective of the number). Also among the supporters of idea B that is 55% of the Total, since 22 members support Social Media this implies that the remainder DO NOT support Social Media. So can't we derive the answer from Statement (B) alone?

Any clarification would be much appreciated...Thanks


Hi! Ligeraks,

The question mentions that 55% of people support idea 'B'. And out of these 55%, 22 support social media.

But, since we don't know the exact number of people in board, we would not be able to know what is 58% of 45% who support Idea A and social media. And hence, we will not be able to give a unique number answering 'HOW MANY' in the question.

Hope it helps.
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Re: At a corporate board meeting, two advertising ideas A and B are preese [#permalink] New post   09 Jul 2016, 10:24
Hi Divyadisha. Many thanks for your clarification. Sorry it may be something I am not getting but doesn't the fact that it is mentioned that those who support A do not support B makes the number of people in A irrelevant in this regards? Thanks...
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Re: At a corporate board meeting, two advertising ideas A and B are preese [#permalink] New post   02 Nov 2016, 07:35
ligeraks wrote:
Hi Divyadisha. Many thanks for your clarification. Sorry it may be something I am not getting but doesn't the fact that it is mentioned that those who support A do not support B makes the number of people in A irrelevant in this regards? Thanks...


THIS IS EXACTLY WAHT I WAS THINKING AND MARKED B :(...
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