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Can someone explain this again?
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Official Explanation

There were five teams that had payrolls greater than $125 million. Of those, three won more than 80 games. Thus, the likelihood that a team with a payroll greater than $125 million won more than 80 games was 0.6. Then there were 11 teams with a payroll less than $75 million, and of those, 7 won more than 70
games. Thus, the likelihood that a team with a payroll less than $75 million won more than 70 games was 0.64 (7 out of 11), which is greater than the likelihood that a team with a payroll greater than $125 million won more than 80 games.

­The correct answer is (C).

Only two of the 30 teams were in the top five in terms of both payroll and number of wins: the one represented by the top-most diamond, and the one represented by the diamond farthest to the right. Thus, the probability that, if a team is selected at random, it will be one of the top five teams in terms of both payroll and number of wins is 2 out of 30.

The correct answer is (A).
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Why is the third diamond with wins close to 100 and payroll between 125-150 not considered? Why isn't the answer 3 out of 30
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Why is the third diamond with wins close to 100 and payroll between 125-150 not considered? Why isn't the answer 3 out of 30
The diamond you are mentioning is considered. See the screenshot below.



Read the OE here.
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Why is the third diamond with wins close to 100 and payroll between 125-150 not considered? Why isn't the answer 3 out of 30
The diamond you are mentioning is considered. See the screenshot below.



Read the OE here.
­I get your point but the third question dosent say that we only need to select the teams with highest wins or payroll.
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Why is the third diamond with wins close to 100 and payroll between 125-150 not considered? Why isn't the answer 3 out of 30
The diamond you are mentioning is considered. See the screenshot below.



Read the OE here.
­I get your point but the third question dosent say that we only need to select the teams with highest wins or payroll.
­Yes! The upper dot has the highest payroll (millions of $) while the second dot on the most right has the highest number of regular wins.
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­1. The likelihood that a team with a payroll greater than $125 million won more than 80 games was [less than] the likelihood that a team with a payroll less than $75 million won more than 70 games.

Number of teams with a payroll greater than $125 million won more than 80 games = 3 
Number of teams with a payroll less than $75 million won more than 70 games = a lot more than 3 



2. The probability that if a team is selected at random, it will be one of the top five teams in terms of both payroll and number of wins is [2/30].

Top 5 in terms of payroll
Top 5 in terms of wins

=> There are only 2 teams in top 5 in terms of both
Probability = 2/30 
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