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In 1994, if twice as many autos imported to Country X broke down as autos exported from Country X and 20 percent of the exported autos broke down, what percent of the imported autos broke down?
(A) 1%
(B) 1.5%
(C) 2%
(D) 4%
(E) 5.5%
This question is not hard mathematically. Linguistically, it's a beast.
Exported autos is a known value and a basis of comparison. Start there.
1.
20% of exported autos broke down From the pie chart and legend on the right:
Total exported ITEMS = 100 million
Total imported AUTOS [solid black] = 10% of that number
.10 * (100 M) = 10 million autos were exported from X
20% of [those 10 million] exported autos broke down.
.20 * (10 million) = 2 million exported autos broke down
2. "
[T]wice as many autos imported to Country X broke down as autos exported from Country X . . ."
Dense sentence.
Number of broken IMPORTED autos is twice the number of broken EXPORTED autosBroken down autos EXPORTED from X, above, = 2 million
Broken down autos IMPORTED from X is twice that number:
(2 * 2 Million) = 4 million IMPORTED autos broke down3.
What percent of the imported autos broke down?
Total number of imported autos?
Total imports = 200 million
Autos [solid black] were 50% of total imports
So (.50) (200 m) = 100 million autos were importedFrom above, 4 million of those [100 million] imported autos broke down
Percent of [100 million] imported autos that broke down [4 million broke down] =
\(\frac{4 m}{100 m} * 100 = .04 * 100\) =
4%Answer D