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The number of girls appearing for an admission test is twice the number of boys. If 30% of the girls and 45% of the boys get admission, the percentage of candidates who do not get admission is:
A. 35
B. 50
C. 60
D. 65
E. 75
A. 35
B. 50
C. 60
D. 65
E. 75
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Answer - D) 65%
Approach - Assume the total number of boys and girls to be 300. Since the number of girls is twice the number of boys, the ratio of girls to boys is 2:1, which means the number of girls is 200 and the number of boys is 100. Since 70% of girls and 55% of boys did not get admission, it means that 140 girls and 55 boys did not get admission. So 195 students did not get admission.
(195/300)*100 = 65%, hence (D) is the correct answer.
Difficulty Level - I thought it was quite easy. Once you can recognize that values can be assumed, the question can be solved within a minute and a half, or faster.
Approach - Assume the total number of boys and girls to be 300. Since the number of girls is twice the number of boys, the ratio of girls to boys is 2:1, which means the number of girls is 200 and the number of boys is 100. Since 70% of girls and 55% of boys did not get admission, it means that 140 girls and 55 boys did not get admission. So 195 students did not get admission.
(195/300)*100 = 65%, hence (D) is the correct answer.
Difficulty Level - I thought it was quite easy. Once you can recognize that values can be assumed, the question can be solved within a minute and a half, or faster.
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The number of girls appearing for an admission test is twice the number of boys => The percentage of girls taking the test/total people taking the test is 2/3 and the percentage of boys taking the test/total people taking the test is 1/3.
Percentage of people who doesn’t get admission= (1-0.3)x2/3 + (1-0.45)x1/3=0.65 or 65%
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Percentage of people who doesn’t get admission= (1-0.3)x2/3 + (1-0.45)x1/3=0.65 or 65%
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