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# In a law firm, 72% of the employees are associates and 54% of the ....

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Everything you need to know about Tree Structures - Exercise Question #1

In a law firm, 72% of the employees are associates and 54% of the employees are senior associates. What percent of the associates in the firm are junior associates?

A. 18%
B. 25%
C. 50%
D. 54%
E. 75%

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23 Jan 2019, 04:41
we can solve this question using a 2x2 grid

solution attached

IMO B 25% would be correct option of Jr associate ..

EgmatQuantExpert wrote:
Everything you need to know about Tree Structures - Exercise Question #1

In a law firm, 72% of the employees are associates and 54% of the employees are senior associates. What percent of the associates in the firm are junior associates?

A. 18%
B. 25%
C. 50%
D. 54%
E. 75%

To solve question 2: Question 2

To read the article: Everything you need to know about Tree Structures

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25 Jan 2019, 12:28
I believe that it should be A. Because lets assume we have 100 employees in the firm. And 72 (72%) of them are associates and 54(54%) are Senior associates.

Now 72-54=18 are junior associates. which means 18% of 100.
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25 Jan 2019, 12:30
Billallkhan wrote:
I believe that it should be A. Because lets assume we have 100 employees in the firm. And 72 (72%) of them are associates and 54(54%) are Senior associates.

Now 72-54=18 are junior associates. which means 18% of 100.

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Question has asked for % of jr associate so it would be 18/72: 25 %

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01 Feb 2019, 02:10

Solution

Given:
We are given that,
• 72% of the employees, in a law firm, are associates, and
• 54% of the employees are senior associates

To find:
• We are asked to find out the percent of the associates, who are junior associates

Approach and Working:
• Total employees must be divided into two categories, they are associates and others.
• Associates are then further divided into senior associates and junior associates

Now, let’s represent the above structure in the form a tree diagram.

Now, let’ see what we need to find: The percentage of associates, in the firm, who are junior associates = $$(\frac{A_J}{A}) * 100$$
• Thus, we need to find the values of $$A_J$$ and $$A_S$$, to answer this question

Let us assume that the total number of employees in the firm = T
• From the given information , we can say that the number of associates, A = 72% of T = $$\frac{72T}{100}$$

Now, from the diagram we can see that, total number of associates, $$A = A_J + A_S$$
• And, we are given that $$A_S$$ = 54% of T = $$\frac{54T}{100}$$
• Which implies, $$A_J = A - A_S = \frac{72T}{100} – \frac{54T}{100} = \frac{18T}{100}$$

Thus, $$(\frac{A_J}{A}) * 100 = [(\frac{18T}{100})/ (\frac{72T}{100})] * 100 = 18 * \frac{100}{72} = 25%$$

Therefore, the percentage of associates, in the firm, that are junior associates = 25%

Hence, the correct answer is option B.

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EgmatQuantExpert wrote:
Everything you need to know about Tree Structures - Exercise Question #1

In a law firm, 72% of the employees are associates and 54% of the employees are senior associates. What percent of the associates in the firm are junior associates?

A. 18%
B. 25%
C. 50%
D. 54%
E. 75%

If there are 100 employees, then 72 are associates and 54 are senior associates. Thus 72 - 54 = 18 are junior associates. Thus, 18/72 = 1/4 = 25% of the associates are junior associates.

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