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# Sixty percent of the people who responded to a company's advertisement

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Sixty percent of the people who responded to a company's advertisement for a job opening were interviewed over the phone. Twenty percent of those interviewed over the phone, that is, 3 people, were asked to come to the company for a personal interview. How many people responded to the advertisement?

a) 16

b) 20

c) 25

d) 40

e) 64
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25 Feb 2019, 14:33
let x is the total number of respondents
number of people interviewed on the phone = $$3 = \frac{20}{100}*\frac{60}{100}*x$$
so $$x = \frac{3*100*100}{20*60} = 25$$
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25 Feb 2019, 15:02
martinm91 wrote:
Sixty percent of the people who responded to a company's advertisement for a job opening were interviewed over the phone. Twenty percent of those interviewed over the phone, that is, 3 people, were asked to come to the company for a personal interview. How many people responded to the advertisement?

a) 16

b) 20

c) 25

d) 40

e) 64

Let total number of people who responded to advertisement be $$= T$$

$$60$$% of $$T$$ were interviewed on phone $$= \frac{60}{100}*T$$

$$20$$% of $$60$$% of $$T$$ were asked to come to the company for personal interview, that is $$3$$.

Therefore; $$20$$% of $$60$$% of $$T = 3$$

$$\frac{20}{100}*\frac{60}{100}*T = 3$$

$$T = \frac{3*100*100}{20*60} = 25$$

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25 Feb 2019, 22:32

Solution

Given:
• 60% of the people who responded to a company’s advertisement for a job opening were interviewed over the phone.
• Among the people who were interviewed over the phone, 20% or 3 people were asked to come for a personal interview.

To find:

Approach and Working:
20% of people called = 3
• Therefore, the number of people called = 3 x 5 = 15

60% of the people responded = 15
• Therefore, the number of people responded = 15 x 5/3 = 25

Hence, the correct answer is option C.

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26 Feb 2019, 01:08
martinm91 wrote:
Sixty percent of the people who responded to a company's advertisement for a job opening were interviewed over the phone. Twenty percent of those interviewed over the phone, that is, 3 people, were asked to come to the company for a personal interview. How many people responded to the advertisement?

a) 16

b) 20

c) 25

d) 40

e) 64

3 people = 20*x/100
x= 15 people called for phone interview
15= 60*x/100
IMO C
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