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At the beginning of the year, the Finance Committee and the Planning C
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At the beginning of the year, the Finance Committee and the Planning Committee of a certain company each had n members, and no one was a member of both committees. At the end of the year, 5 members left the Finance Committee and 3 members left the Planning Committee. How many members did the Finance Committee have at the beginning of the year?
(1) The ratio of the total number of members who left at the end of the year to the total number of members at the beginning of the year was 1:6. (2) At the end of the year, 21 members remained on the Planning Committee.
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Bunuel wrote:
At the beginning of the year, the Finance Committee and the Planning Committee of a certain company each had n members, and no one was a member of both committees. At the end of the year, 5 members left the Finance Committee and 3 members left the Planning Committee. How many members did the Finance Committee have at the beginning of the year?
(1) The ratio of the total number of members who left at the end of the year to the total number of members at the beginning of the year was 1:6. (2) At the end of the year, 21 members remained on the Planning Committee.
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Will go with D
Given: Planning Committee (P) has 'n' members. Finance Committee (F) has 'n' members. Total members = n = n = 2n Total members left (L) = 5 + 3 = 8
Find: n = ?
Statement 1: Given that L/2n =1/6 . This implies 8/2n = k/6k (consider the ratio has multiplied by constant k). Now, 'k' value will be only 8 as it has directly given L = 8. So it will be 8/2n = 1/6. Hence, 2n = 48. ==> n=24. Hence sufficient.
Statement 2: Given that n-3 = 21 ===> n = 24. Hence sufficient. _________________
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At the beginning of the year, the Finance Committee and the Planning Committee of a certain company each had n members, and no one was a member of both committees. At the end of the year, 5 members left the Finance Committee and 3 members left the Planning Committee. How many members did the Finance Committee have at the beginning of the year?
(1) The ratio of the total number of members who left at the end of the year to the total number of members at the beginning of the year was 1:6. (2) At the end of the year, 21 members remained on the Planning Committee.
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(1) The ratio of the total number of members who left at the end of the year to the total number of members at the beginning of the year was 1:6.
=> total number of members leaving at the end of the year: 5+3 = 8 => Total number of members in the beginning of year: 8*6 = 48 But we do not know the number of members of Planning => do not know the number of Finance
Insufficient (2) At the end of the year, 21 members remained on the Planning Committee.
=> The number of members on the Planning: 21 + 3 = 24 => We do not know the number of members so do not know the number of members in Finance Sufficient
1+2 => Know the number of members in Finance => Sufficient
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At the beginning of year Number of people in Finance committee = n Number of people in Planning committee = n
At the end of year Number of people in Finance committee= n-5 Number of people in Planning committee = n-3
1. (5+3)/2n = 1/6 =>n = 48
Sufficient
2. Number of people in Planning committee = n-3 = 21 =>n = 24
At the beginning of year ,number of people in Finance committee = 24 Sufficient
Answer D
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Bunuel wrote:
At the beginning of the year, the Finance Committee and the Planning Committee of a certain company each had n members, and no one was a member of both committees. At the end of the year, 5 members left the Finance Committee and 3 members left the Planning Committee. How many members did the Finance Committee have at the beginning of the year?
(1) The ratio of the total number of members who left at the end of the year to the total number of members at the beginning of the year was 1:6. (2) At the end of the year, 21 members remained on the Planning Committee.
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Forget conventional ways of solving math questions. In DS, Variable approach is the easiest and quickest way to find the answer without actually solving the problem. Remember equal number of variables and independent equations ensures a solution.
Condition (1) \(5 + 3 : 2n = 1: 6\) \(2n = 48\) Since we have 1 equation of \(n\), this is sufficient.
Condition (2) \(n - 3 = 21\) Since we have 1 equation of \(n\), this is also sufficient.
Therefore, D is the answer.
For cases where we need 1 more equation, such as original conditions with “1 variable”, or “2 variables and 1 equation”, or “3 variables and 2 equations”, we have 1 equation each in both 1) and 2). Therefore, there is 59 % chance that D is the answer, while A or B has 38% chance and C or E has 3% chance. Since D is most likely to be the answer using 1) and 2) separately according to DS definition. Obviously there may be cases where the answer is A, B, C or E.
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