Last year 4/5 of the applicants for a job on a police force passed the

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Last year 4/5 of the applicants for a job on a police force passed the physical examination. If 3/4 of the applicants who passed the physical examination also passed the written examination, how many of the applicants passed both examinations ?

(1) The number of applicants who did not pass either examination was equal to the number who passed the written examination only.
(2) There was a total of 100 applicants.

uday1409 · Answer

1. the number of applicants unknown.Insufficient

2, No. of applicants given . Sufficient

Ans B

g106 · Answer

Total # of applicants: A
# of applicants passed Physical exam: P = 4/5 * A
# of applicants who passed the physical exam and written exam:X = 3/4P
 = 3/4 (4/5* A)
 = 3/5 * A

Statement 1: We can find the ratio but cannot find the # of applicants -  Not Sufficient 
Statement 2: By substituting 100 in the above equation we can get the answer -  Sufficient

Answer - B

mvictor · Answer

took me 16 seconds to find the answer, hope it is a sign that i'm good at DS :D

Turkish · Answer

60 passed both. DS:- B

ion · Answer

Hi Bunuel, i am in difficulty with this kine of problems. When should i assume that Neither is = 0?

nks2611 · Answer

in this question it was simply asked about the no. of applicants who passed both the examinations that is equal to 60. so no need to find neither and you can't assume neither equal to zero until or unless it is not specified in the question stem. hope it helps

Anestists · Answer

how many of the applicants passed   both   examinations ?

Whenever you face a .... both questions, remember to use the Venn Diagram:

Physical + Written - Both +Neither = Total .... which is actually the: N(A) + N(B) -N(A intersect B) +Neither = All

So ... 4/5 of All = physical examination.
And ... here is the trick! 3/4 of the applicants who passed the physical examination, also passed the written examination! This is equal to the  BOTH  . So if we have the total number of applicants, we also know the number of physical and consequently we do know the number of BOTH which is equal to 3/4 of the applicants who passed the physical examination. Hence (2) statement is sufficient and (1) is not sufficient. Thus it is B.

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