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What fraction of his salary did Mr. Johnson put into savings last week

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What fraction of his salary did Mr. Johnson put into savings last week [#permalink] New post   18 Nov 2018, 09:27
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What fraction of his salary did Mr. Johnson put into savings last week?

(1) Last week Mr Johnson put $17 into savings
(2) Last week Mr Johnson put 5% of his salary into savings
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Re: What fraction of his salary did Mr. Johnson put into savings last week [#permalink] New post   18 Nov 2018, 09:42
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Stmt 1: Total savings given, but total salary not given, cannot find fraction. Insufficient.
Stmt 2: 5% of salary was put into savings. Fraction is given. Hence sufficient.

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What fraction of his salary did Mr. Johnson put into savings last week [#permalink] New post   18 Nov 2018, 09:49
gmatbusters wrote:
What fraction of his salary did Mr. Johnson put into savings last week?

(1) Last week Mr Johnson put $17 into savings
(2) Last week Mr Johnson put 5% of his salary into savings


IMO B :)

Statemet one: doesnt give info about the total sum earned

Stament two: does give pecentage 5% which \(\frac{5}{100}\) i.e. \(\frac{1}{20}\)­
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Re: What fraction of his salary did Mr. Johnson put into savings last week [#permalink] New post   24 Aug 2020, 22:49
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1: savings known, but total salary not given, cannot find fraction. Insufficient.
2: 5% of salary was put into savings. Fraction is given. Hence sufficient.

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Re: What fraction of his salary did Mr. Johnson put into savings last week [#permalink] New post   24 Feb 2022, 10:59
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What fraction of his salary did Mr. Johnson put into savings last week?

(1) Last week Mr Johnson put $17 into savings
(2) Last week Mr Johnson put 5% of his salary into savings


(A) Insufficient as we don't know what was Mr. Johnson's total earnings. So we cannot determine what %age of his earnings is $17.

(b) \(5\)% savings \(= \frac{5}{100} = \frac{1}{20}\) Hence we can say that Mr. Johnson put \(= \frac{1}{20}^{th}\) of his salary into savings. Sufficient.

Hence, B.
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