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vijaisingh2001 wrote:
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M + W = 1400

who wants to research = 1400* .42 = (M+W)* .42 = 588
since 1400= M+W so we can replace M+W with 1400

now men who want to do research= 288 = .42M
so .42(M+W )= 588
.42M +.42 W= 588
288 +.42 W = 588
so we can calculate W

so why this is wrong?

now men who want to do research= 288 = .42M

How do you get this? 42% of total teachers said that engaging in research is essential. We don't know what percent of men thought so. It is possible that only 30% men considered research essential while 55% women considered research essential. Both together could lead to a number of 42% depending on the ratio of number of men and women. This is just one example. The figure of 42% could be obtained in many different ways.
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Get started with Veritas Prep GMAT On Demand for $199 Veritas Prep Reviews Intern Joined: 20 Mar 2016 Posts: 37 GMAT 1: 530 Q33 V28 Of the 1400 college teachers surveyed, 42% said they consid [#permalink] ### Show Tags 06 Jun 2017, 17:48 Bunuel wrote: Of the 1400 college teachers surveyed, 42% said they considered engaging in research an essential goal. How many of the college teacher surveyed were women? (1) In the survey 36% of men and 50% of women said that they consider engaging in research activity an essential goal: $$m+w=1400$$ and $$1400*0.42=0.36*m+0.5*w$$. Two unknowns two distinct linear equations. Sufficient. (2) In the survey 288 men said that they consider engaging in research activity an essential goal" From this we can calculate only that $$1400*0.42-288=300$$ women consider engaging in research activity an essential goal. No other info. Not sufficient. Answer: A. Absolutely a brilliant explanation! I had always used the matrix box approach but not anymore ' Thank you Bunuel sir, Jat _________________ Jat Manager Joined: 21 Jul 2015 Posts: 152 Of the 1400 college teachers surveyed, 42% said they consid [#permalink] ### Show Tags 23 Jan 2018, 18:57 Bunuel, VeritasPrepKarishma I understand this is a weighted averages problem. But I am having a hard time understanding how we take percentages as the "average" for a group. To me 'averages' are an absolute number (not %). Could you please explain what am I missing here? BTW, Can you also check if my weighted average solution for this problem is correct? If we apply the weighted average concept here for choice A: AvgM = 36%, AvgW = 50%. Total Average (AvgT) = 42%. So since we know all three averages, we can calculate the ratio of the weights using the formula: Wm/Ww = AvgW - AvgT/AvgT - AvgM. This will give us the ratio of M/W and since we have total of all surveyed, we can find number of women. I think I am confused as to why we are taking these percentages as Average for that group. _________________ Please take a moment to hit Kudos if my post helps. Veritas Prep GMAT Instructor Joined: 16 Oct 2010 Posts: 7944 Location: Pune, India Re: Of the 1400 college teachers surveyed, 42% said they consid [#permalink] ### Show Tags 23 Jan 2018, 20:42 1 This post received KUDOS Expert's post sdlife wrote: Bunuel, VeritasPrepKarishma I understand this is a weighted averages problem. But I am having a hard time understanding how we take percentages as the "average" for a group. To me 'averages' are an absolute number (not %). Could you please explain what am I missing here? BTW, Can you also check if my weighted average solution for this problem is correct? If we apply the weighted average concept here for choice A: AvgM = 36%, AvgW = 50%. Total Average (AvgT) = 42%. So since we know all three averages, we can calculate the ratio of the weights using the formula: Wm/Ww = AvgW - AvgT/AvgT - AvgM. This will give us the ratio of M/W and since we have total of all surveyed, we can find number of women. I think I am confused as to why we are taking these percentages as Average for that group. Yes, it is and your method is correct. Percentages are just a way of expressing concentration. So you have two groups made of two ingredients - "people who consider engaging in research essential" and "people who don't consider it essential" So we work with the percentage of "people who consider engaging in research essential". It is the same as working with the concentration of one of the ingredients. _________________ Karishma Veritas Prep | GMAT Instructor My Blog Get started with Veritas Prep GMAT On Demand for$199

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