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# M28-23

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16 Sep 2014, 01:29
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Mary spent 64 percent of her salary on food (including meat) and 16% of her salary on meat. What percent of the salary spent on food were not spent on meat?

A. $$16%$$
B. $$25%$$
C. $$32%$$
D. $$48%$$
E. $$75%$$

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Mary spent 64 percent of her salary on food (including meat) and 16% of her salary on meat. What percent of the salary spent on food were not spent on meat?

A. $$16%$$
B. $$25%$$
C. $$32%$$
D. $$48%$$
E. $$75%$$

64% of her salary on food;

16% of her salary on meat;

So, we have that 64%-16%=48% was spent on food but not on meat, thus $$\frac{48}{64}=\frac{3}{4}=75%$$ of the salary spent on food were not spent on meat.

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19 Nov 2016, 23:30
I think something's wrong here. I got the answer right and market it right but the software has marked the OA as wrong
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26 Jun 2017, 18:33
I think this is a poor-quality question and I agree with explanation. poor question wording. makes it seem as if there were two. a 64% which had meat and non meat, then another 16% that had only meat.
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26 Jun 2017, 21:18
ssr300 wrote:
I think this is a poor-quality question and I agree with explanation. poor question wording. makes it seem as if there were two. a 64% which had meat and non meat, then another 16% that had only meat.

Sorry, but I don't see any ambiguity in the question.
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26 Jun 2017, 23:44
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ssr300 wrote:
I think this is a poor-quality question and I agree with explanation. poor question wording. makes it seem as if there were two. a 64% which had meat and non meat, then another 16% that had only meat.

Hi

The question clearly says "64% on food (including meat) and 16% on meat". This means out of Rs 100, Rs 64 spent on food and out of those 64, Rs 16 spent on meat. So Rs (64-16) = Rs 48 spent on food but not on meat.

Required percentage = 48/64 * 100
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19 Jun 2018, 13:23
I think this is a high-quality question and I agree with explanation.
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08 Nov 2018, 09:31
Assign 100% = $1,000 64% food W(meat) =$640
16 % only meat = $160$640 - $160 =$480

$480/$640 = 75%

75% not spent on meat
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10 Nov 2018, 04:31
tricked with wording. 64-14= 48 and 3/4*100=75%
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16 Jan 2019, 00:59
Blinder of a question!
Re: M28-23   [#permalink] 16 Jan 2019, 00:59
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