noboru wrote:
Students from outside the province of Markland, who in any given academic year pay twice as much tuition each as do students from Markland, had traditionally accounted for at least two-thirds of the enrollment at Central Markland College. Over the past 10 years academic standards at the college have risen and the proportion of students who are not Marklanders has dropped to around 40 percent.
This one has really been a sitter for me ( And trust me the more challenging the game becomes the better it feels)
noboru wrote:
Students from outside the province of Markland, had traditionally accounted for at least two-thirds of the enrollment at Central Markland College
Situation 10 Yrs ago -
Total students = 60
Non Markland = 40 ( Considering 2/3rd)
Markland = 20
noboru wrote:
who in any given academic year pay twice as much tuition each as do students from Markland
Let the tution fees 10 years ago be as follows -
Non Markland = 20
Non Markland = 10
Total tution fees collected by Central Markland College was -
(20*40) + (10*20) = 1000
Per Capita Revenue is 1000/60 =>16.67
noboru wrote:
Over the past 10 years academic standards at the college have risen and the proportion of students who are not Marklanders has dropped to around 40 percent.
Situation 10 Yrs ago -
Total students = 60
Non Markland = 16 ( 40% )
Markland = 44
Considering tution fees and No of students remaining the same
Tution fees now -
Non Markland = 20
Markland = 10
Total tution fees collected by Central Markland College was -
(20*16) + (10*34) = 660
Per Capita Revenue is 660/60 =>11.00
Which one of the following can be properly inferred from the statements above?
(A) If it had not been for the high tuition paid by students from outside Markland,
the college could not have improved its academic standards over the past 10 years.
We can not infer anything about the standard of education because nothing has been explicitly mentioned in the stimulus.(B)
If academic standards had not risen over the past 10 years, students who are not Marklanders would still account for at least two-thirds of the college’s enrollment.
We can not infer anything about the standard of education because nothing has been explicitly mentioned in the stimulus.(C) Over the past 10 year the number of students from Markland increased and
the number of students from outside Markland decreased.
This might seem a probable answer choice but be very very careful
this statement talks about " the number of students " and
the passage keeps on mentioning Percentage - Increase/Decrease in %gae doesn't mean a corresponding increase/Decrease in number.
(D) Over the past 10 years
academic standards at Central Markland College have risen by more than academic standards at any other college in Markland.
We can not infer anything about the standard of education.
(E) If the college’s per capita revenue from tuition has remained the same, tuition fees have increased over the past 10 years.This sounds very interesting , lets check.
Per Capita Revenue 10 years ago was 1000/60 =>16.67
Per Capita Revenue now is is 660/60 =>11.00
Now to keep per capita revenue same we must have to increase the tution fees to 1000 now , this will defintely mean a increase in Per capita tution fees.
Hence IMHO (E) _________________