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bkpolymers1617 wrote:
The Observer is a newspaper company that has two divisions: The East Observer and The West Observer. All the employees at The Observer work in either of the two divisions. For the past five years, The East Observer has consistently accounted for 40% of the total workforce of The Observer while The West Observer has accounted for the rest. Over the same period, The West Observer has accounted for 50% of the total wages paid by The Observer.

Which of the following can properly be inferred about the past five years from the statements above?

a) The distribution of people across different hierarchical levels is different in The East Observer than in The West Observer.
b) The average motivation level of employees working in the two divisions is different, even though the difference in number is not significantly large
c) The average revenue generated per employee is expected to be greater in The East Observer than in The West Observer.
d) The average wage paid to the workforce is greater at The West Observer than at The East Observer.
e) The number of people working at The East Observer is at least 25% less than the number of people working at The West Observer.

Please explain the answer. thanks


Hi,

Don't get confused with the payment given ..

A,B and C are completely out of context.
D talks of average but talks opposite of the fact.

E talks only of numbers..
Let it be 100 employees in observer.
East has 40 and West has 60...
What is the % of East when compared to West..
\(100*\frac{40}{60}=66.67%\)

So the # is 33.33% less thus E is correct
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Re: The Observer is a newspaper company that has two divisions [#permalink]
bkpolymers1617 wrote:
The Observer is a newspaper company that has two divisions: The East Observer and The West Observer. All the employees at The Observer work in either of the two divisions. For the past five years, The East Observer has consistently accounted for 40% of the total workforce of The Observer while The West Observer has accounted for the rest. Over the same period, The West Observer has accounted for 50% of the total wages paid by The Observer.

Which of the following can properly be inferred about the past five years from the statements above?

a) The distribution of people across different hierarchical levels is different in The East Observer than in The West Observer.
b) The average motivation level of employees working in the two divisions is different, even though the difference in number is not significantly large
c) The average revenue generated per employee is expected to be greater in The East Observer than in The West Observer.
d) The average wage paid to the workforce is greater at The West Observer than at The East Observer.
e) The number of people working at The East Observer is at least 25% less than the number of people working at The West Observer.

Please explain the answer. thanks


E is the answer :

let 100 total
60 - W
40 -E
Diff = 20
x% of 60 = 20
20*100/60= 200/6 = 100/3 = 33.33% .....so east have 33.33% less employee...
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Re: The Observer is a newspaper company that has two divisions [#permalink]
Wow I didn't even bother to run the basic numbers for E, and went with A after debating between A and E.

I thought A sounded a bit fishy to be 'inferable', but thought it could explain the wage gap between East and West observer. (West per capita pay is lower than that of East). Turns out it's out of scope. :o
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Re: The Observer is a newspaper company that has two divisions [#permalink]
why not c? i mean it clearly states the difference between the no. of employees on both the side
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Re: The Observer is a newspaper company that has two divisions [#permalink]
I like to work for East division more money and same amount of work as in west division.
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Re: The Observer is a newspaper company that has two divisions [#permalink]
KarishmaB

Can you explain why option A is wrong
Can't we say if total number of west and east are different than number of people distributed at different heirarchical level is different.
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