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# Currently, y percent of the members on the finance committee

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Currently, y percent of the members on the finance committee are women and next month, z percent of the men on the finance committee will resign. If no other personnel changes occur, then after the resignations next month, the men who remain on the finance committee will represent what percent of the total finance committee members?

A. (100)(100 - z)(100 - y)/(100^2 - z(100 - y))
B. (100 - z)(100 - y)/100
C. (100 - z)(100 - y)
D. zy/100 - z
E. z(100 - y)/100
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jlgdr wrote:
Let's say that there are a total of 100 members
Let's also say that y = 50
So there are 50 men
Now z = 10 so 45 men are left
(45/95)*100 = 9/19 *100 = 900/19

Target 900/19
Inputs
y=50
z=10

Only A gives the correct answer

Hope it helps
Cheers!
J

Yes, number plugging is the best choice here though I would take much easier numbers to reduce the time taken. Almost no calculations will be involved.

e.g. Say 50% are women i.e. y = 50 and say 100% of men will resign i.e. z = 100 so the correct option should give me 0. I see that z = 100 is not a problem because you don't have z - 100 anywhere in the denominators.
(A), (B) and (C) have z - 100 in the numerator so they will give us 0. (D) and (E) will not. So I will only worry about (A), (B) and (C).

Now say z = 50% i.e. the remaining men will be 25/75 = 1/3. Put z = 50 and y = 50 in (B) and (C) since they are simpler and you can just see what you will get without any calculations. Neither gives 33.33. Obviously, (A) will be the correct answer. You don't even need to plug in to check.

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Get started with Veritas Prep GMAT On Demand for $199 Veritas Prep Reviews SVP Joined: 30 Mar 2006 Posts: 1730 Followers: 1 Kudos [?]: 82 [3] , given: 0 ### Show Tags 11 Aug 2006, 03:04 3 This post received KUDOS For these questions..... I find it better to take some values for y and z for example. Let total finance commitee members = 100 Let y = 20 and z = 5 hence men left = 80 - 4 = 76 Percent = 7600/96 Now lets plug in values in the choices. A = 100 * 95*80/10000 - 400 = 100 * 95*80/9600 = 7600/96 VP Joined: 29 Dec 2005 Posts: 1343 Followers: 10 Kudos [?]: 62 [1] , given: 0 Re: PS: Finance committee [#permalink] ### Show Tags 08 Aug 2006, 13:28 1 This post received KUDOS w = y m = 100 - y total = 100 m after z = (100 - y) - [z (100- y)/100] = (100-z)(100-y)/100 m (after z) as a % of total = [(100-z)(100-y)/100]/[{(100-y)(100-z)/100} + y] x [100] after solviing for y and z: m (after z) as a % of total = [100 (100-z)(100-y)]/[(100^2 - z (100-y)] its A. imo, plugging-in is best for such a tedious calculation. Magoosh GMAT Instructor Joined: 28 Nov 2011 Posts: 305 Followers: 557 Kudos [?]: 1072 [1] , given: 2 Re: Currently, y percent of the members on the finance committee [#permalink] ### Show Tags 18 Apr 2012, 15:46 1 This post received KUDOS Expert's post Hi, I know this is an ancient thread but was just replying in response to one of Magoosh's users who had asked me to take a look. The responses above are fine (check out ps-dahiya's). The thing with this problem is the algebraic solution is time-consuming and unwieldy. It is not that the users are missing a more elegant algebraic solution. The take away from a question such as this one - esp., if you want to answer it in under 2 minutes - is to plug in. @Jaynayak shows how to do so in his post. Hope that helps . _________________ Christopher Lele Magoosh Test Prep Current Student Joined: 06 Sep 2013 Posts: 2005 Concentration: Finance Followers: 68 Kudos [?]: 643 [1] , given: 355 Re: Currently, y percent of the members on the finance committee [#permalink] ### Show Tags 16 Jan 2014, 16:00 1 This post received KUDOS 1 This post was BOOKMARKED Let's say that there are a total of 100 members Let's also say that y = 50 So there are 50 men Now z = 10 so 45 men are left (45/95)*100 = 9/19 *100 = 900/19 Now let's plug answer choices Target 900/19 Inputs y=50 z=10 Only A gives the correct answer Hope it helps Cheers! J CEO Joined: 20 Nov 2005 Posts: 2898 Schools: Completed at SAID BUSINESS SCHOOL, OXFORD - Class of 2008 Followers: 25 Kudos [?]: 289 [0], given: 0 ### Show Tags 08 Aug 2006, 12:39 2 This post was BOOKMARKED A Current month: Let total = 100 No. of females = y No. of males = 100-y Next month: No of females = y No of males = (100-y)*(100-z)/100 Total = y + (100-y)*(100-z)/100 = (100y + 100^2 - 100y -100z+yz)/100 = [100^2 - z(100-y)]/100 Percentage of males = [100 * (100-y)*(100-z)/100] / [100^2 - z(100-y)]/100 i.e (100)(100 â€“ z)(100 â€“ y)/100^2 â€“ z(100 â€“ y) _________________ SAID BUSINESS SCHOOL, OXFORD - MBA CLASS OF 2008 VP Joined: 14 May 2006 Posts: 1404 Followers: 5 Kudos [?]: 187 [0], given: 0 Re: PS: Finance committee [#permalink] ### Show Tags 08 Aug 2006, 13:30 Professor wrote: its A. imo, plugging-in is best for such a tedious calculation. agree... but took me 2.5 min to do so VP Joined: 02 Jun 2006 Posts: 1261 Followers: 2 Kudos [?]: 87 [0], given: 0 ### Show Tags 08 Aug 2006, 13:40 Going with A... tedious calculation for me... took more than 2 mins for sure. At the end looked at the choices and picked A based on how it looked compared to my results. Manager Joined: 26 Jun 2006 Posts: 152 Followers: 1 Kudos [?]: 7 [0], given: 0 ### Show Tags 08 Aug 2006, 16:08 Arrived safely at (A), but I agree that clalculations are tedious... Manager Joined: 20 Mar 2006 Posts: 200 Followers: 1 Kudos [?]: 4 [0], given: 0 ### Show Tags 09 Aug 2006, 17:54 ps_dahiya wrote: A Current month: Let total = 100 No. of females = y No. of males = 100-y Next month: No of females = y No of males = (100-y)*(100-z)/100 Total = y + (100-y)*(100-z)/100 = (100y + 100^2 - 100y -100z+yz)/100 = [100^2 - z(100-y)]/100 Percentage of males = [100 * (100-y)*(100-z)/100] / [100^2 - z(100-y)]/100 i.e (100)(100 â€“ z)(100 â€“ y)/100^2 â€“ z(100 â€“ y) Ps: How are you getting 100-z/100 when Q says z% of the men. Wouldnt it be (100-y)*z/100 Heman Manager Joined: 07 Aug 2005 Posts: 124 Followers: 1 Kudos [?]: 1 [0], given: 0 ### Show Tags 09 Aug 2006, 20:41 heman wrote: ps_dahiya wrote: A Current month: Let total = 100 No. of females = y No. of males = 100-y Next month: No of females = y No of males = (100-y)*(100-z)/100 Total = y + (100-y)*(100-z)/100 = (100y + 100^2 - 100y -100z+yz)/100 = [100^2 - z(100-y)]/100 Percentage of males = [100 * (100-y)*(100-z)/100] / [100^2 - z(100-y)]/100 i.e (100)(100 â€“ z)(100 â€“ y)/100^2 â€“ z(100 â€“ y) Ps: How are you getting 100-z/100 when Q says z% of the men. Wouldnt it be (100-y)*z/100 Heman z pct men left, so the number of remaining men is 100-z pct of women. Manager Joined: 11 Sep 2013 Posts: 152 Concentration: Finance, Finance Followers: 2 Kudos [?]: 107 [0], given: 156 Re: Currently, y percent of the members on the finance committee [#permalink] ### Show Tags 24 Aug 2014, 12:33 Number Plug has worked very quickly. Let Total =100, Y= 50 and Z = 10. So New no. of men = .90*50 =45, New no. of total =100-5 =95 Percent = (45/95)*100 = 900/19. Plug the y=50 and z= 10. Remember, first plug in easy option. You will immediately find that in B, C, D and E you are not getting 19 in denominator. Ans-A GMAT Club Legend Joined: 09 Sep 2013 Posts: 15465 Followers: 649 Kudos [?]: 209 [0], given: 0 Re: Currently, y percent of the members on the finance committee [#permalink] ### Show Tags 14 Sep 2015, 11:42 Hello from the GMAT Club BumpBot! Thanks to another GMAT Club member, I have just discovered this valuable topic, yet it had no discussion for over a year. I am now bumping it up - doing my job. I think you may find it valuable (esp those replies with Kudos). Want to see all other topics I dig out? Follow me (click follow button on profile). You will receive a summary of all topics I bump in your profile area as well as via email. _________________ Intern Joined: 05 Jun 2015 Posts: 26 Location: Viet Nam GMAT 1: 740 Q49 V41 GPA: 3.66 Followers: 0 Kudos [?]: 6 [0], given: 444 Re: Currently, y percent of the members on the finance committee [#permalink] ### Show Tags 02 Mar 2016, 21:55 VeritasPrepKarishma wrote: Now say z = 50% i.e. the remaining men will be 25/75 = 1/3. Put z = 50 and y = 50 in (B) and (C) since they are simpler and you can just see what you will get without any calculations. Neither gives 33.33. Obviously, (A) will be the correct answer. You don't even need to plug in to check. Answer (A) Hi Karishma, I tried plugging numbers for option A, but somehow I cannot get 1/3. $$\frac{{100*(100-50)*(100-50)}}{{100*100-50*(100-50)}}=\frac{{100*50*50}}{{100^2-50^2}}=\frac{{100*50*50}}{{50*150}}=\frac{5000}{150}$$ Could you please point out what is wrong with the above calculation? Thank you very much! Nhi Manager Joined: 11 Sep 2013 Posts: 152 Concentration: Finance, Finance Followers: 2 Kudos [?]: 107 [0], given: 156 Currently, y percent of the members on the finance committee [#permalink] ### Show Tags 02 Mar 2016, 23:03 truongynhi wrote: VeritasPrepKarishma wrote: Now say z = 50% i.e. the remaining men will be 25/75 = 1/3. Put z = 50 and y = 50 in (B) and (C) since they are simpler and you can just see what you will get without any calculations. Neither gives 33.33. Obviously, (A) will be the correct answer. You don't even need to plug in to check. Answer (A) Hi Karishma, I tried plugging numbers for option A, but somehow I cannot get 1/3. $$\frac{{100*(100-50)*(100-50)}}{{100*100-50*(100-50)}}=\frac{{100*50*50}}{{100^2-50^2}}=\frac{{100*50*50}}{{50*150}}=\frac{5000}{150}$$ Could you please point out what is wrong with the above calculation? Thank you very much! Nhi You can look at my solution Number Plug has worked very quickly. Let Total =100, Y= 50 and Z = 10. So New no. of men = .90*50 =45, New no. of total =100-5 =95 Percent = (45/95)*100 = 900/19. Plug the y=50 and z= 10. Remember, first plug the numbers in easy option. You will immediately find that in B, C, D and E you are not getting 19 in the denominator. Ans-A Intern Joined: 05 Jun 2015 Posts: 26 Location: Viet Nam GMAT 1: 740 Q49 V41 GPA: 3.66 Followers: 0 Kudos [?]: 6 [0], given: 444 Re: Currently, y percent of the members on the finance committee [#permalink] ### Show Tags 02 Mar 2016, 23:30 Raihanuddin wrote: You can look at my solution Number Plug has worked very quickly. Let Total =100, Y= 50 and Z = 10. So New no. of men = .90*50 =45, New no. of total =100-5 =95 Percent = (45/95)*100 = 900/19. Plug the y=50 and z= 10. Remember, first plug the numbers in easy option. You will immediately find that in B, C, D and E you are not getting 19 in the denominator. Ans-A Hi Raihanuddin, Thank you for the prompt reply. But you didn't address my question. I understood the plugging method and knew that B, C, D, and E are wrong. I am asking about the arithmetic operation when plugging z=y=50 into option A. Intern Joined: 09 Dec 2014 Posts: 5 WE: Information Technology (Health Care) Followers: 0 Kudos [?]: 0 [0], given: 15 Re: Currently, y percent of the members on the finance committee [#permalink] ### Show Tags 12 Apr 2017, 14:23 jaynayak wrote: For these questions..... I find it better to take some values for y and z for example. Let total finance commitee members = 100 Let y = 20 and z = 5 hence men left = 80 - 4 = 76 Percent = 7600/96 Now lets plug in values in the choices. A = 100 * 95*80/10000 - 400 = 100 * 95*80/9600 = 7600/96 I'm sure there is an obvious answer to this but why did you subtract by 4 and not 5 Veritas Prep GMAT Instructor Joined: 16 Oct 2010 Posts: 7376 Location: Pune, India Followers: 2288 Kudos [?]: 15126 [0], given: 224 Re: Currently, y percent of the members on the finance committee [#permalink] ### Show Tags 13 Apr 2017, 04:11 chinelj wrote: jaynayak wrote: For these questions..... I find it better to take some values for y and z for example. Let total finance commitee members = 100 Let y = 20 and z = 5 hence men left = 80 - 4 = 76 Percent = 7600/96 Now lets plug in values in the choices. A = 100 * 95*80/10000 - 400 = 100 * 95*80/9600 = 7600/96 I'm sure there is an obvious answer to this but why did you subtract by 4 and not 5 The question says "z percent of the men will resign." If there are 80 men (assuming 20% are women and total employees are 100), then 5% of 80 is 4. 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