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# If the sum of the annual salary of n persons is $x and the monthly sal  new topic post reply Question banks Downloads My Bookmarks Reviews Important topics Author Message Math Revolution GMAT Instructor Joined: 16 Aug 2015 Posts: 6040 GMAT 1: 760 Q51 V42 GPA: 3.82 If the sum of the annual salary of n persons is$x and the monthly sal  [#permalink]

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If the sum of the annual salary of n persons is $x and the monthly salary per person is$y, what is the value of n in terms of x and y?

A. $$\frac{x}{12y}$$
B. $$\frac{12x}{y}$$
C. $$12xy$$
D. $$\frac{12y}{x}$$
E. $$\frac{xy}{12}$$

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26 Apr 2017, 01:22
MathRevolution wrote:
If the sum of the annual salary of n persons is $x and the monthly salary per person is$y, what is the value of n in terms of x and y?

A. $$\frac{x}{12y}$$
B. $$\frac{12x}{y}$$
C. $$\frac{12xy[}{fraction]$$
D. $$[fraction]12y/x}$$
E. $$\frac{xy}{12}$$

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Re: If the sum of the annual salary of n persons is $x and the monthly sal [#permalink] ### Show Tags 28 Apr 2017, 01:35 ==> If the annual salary per person: s, you get ns=x, s=12y. If you substitue this, you get n(12y)=x, $$n=\frac{x}{12y}$$. Therefore, the answer is A. Answer: A --== Message from GMAT Club Team ==-- This is not a quality discussion. It has been retired. If you would like to discuss this question please re-post it in the respective forum. Thank you! To review the GMAT Club's Forums Posting Guidelines, please follow these links: Quantitative | Verbal Please note - we may remove posts that do not follow our posting guidelines. Thank you. _________________ MathRevolution: Finish GMAT Quant Section with 10 minutes to spare The one-and-only World’s First Variable Approach for DS and IVY Approach for PS with ease, speed and accuracy. "Only$99 for 3 month Online Course"
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