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91*x+30*y=3000, now, (x,y)= (0,100) or (30,9).
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How did you arrive at the values of (x,y)? Please let us know your approach. TIA.

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91x+30y=3000 or 91x=3000-30y=30(100-y)

There are no shortcut methods but a bit of analysis of equation may help us.

1) x and y are integers as we are talking of number of men or women.
2) 91 has no common factors with 30, so x has to be a multiple of 30, so 0, 30, 60… But as 91x<3000, x cannot be greater than 30
So x can be 0 or 30.
This means 91*0=30(100-y), that is y=100. (0,100)
Or, 91*30=30(100-y), that is y=9. (30,9)
No other possibilities

Also, 100-y has to be a multiple of 91. Thus y has to be 9, and we could find x accordingly.
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Or, 91*30=30(100-y), that is y=9. (9,100)
A small correction- brackets should read (30,9) instead of (9,100)

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Given, Total no. =100

(1) The number of women who have not earned a college degree is 30 percent less than the number of men who have not earned a college degree, and the number of men who have not earned a college degree is 25 percent less than the number of women who have earned a college degree.

Men without degree=x (say), So, women without degree=0.7*x, women with degree=4/3*x, men with degree=y (say)
So, y+x+0.7*x + 4/3*x = 100 or, 9.1*x +3*y= 300 or, 91*x+30*y=3000, now, (x,y)= (0,100) or (30,9). but atleast, there should be a value of x so, x=0 (not possible) Sufficient.

Further, we can alternatively calculate as below:

Women with degree=x (say), So, men without degree=3/4*x, women without degree=3/4*7/10*x, men with degree=y (say)
So, y+x+3/4*x + 3/4*7/10*x = 100 or, 91/40*x + y= 100 or, 91*x+40*y=4000, so, (x,y)= (40,9).

In this alternative calculation, value of x is different from the quoted value. chetan2u Can you please check whether I have committed any error?
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From statement-1 we get the following:

Since, Men with no college degree = 0.75*(women with college degree) = (3/4)*(women with college degree)
we can say Women with college degree = (4/3)*(Men with no college degree

This gives us total women = (61/30)x. Since, total number of women or men should be an INTEGER... (61/30)x MUST be and INTEGER.
That means, x must be a multiple of 30.

x=30 -> Total women = 61, men = 100-61 = 39. PERFECT
x=60 -> Total women = 122!. How can this be? Total people are 100 so women alone cannot be 122.

Therefore, x=30 is established. Once this is known, from the table above we can find no.of Men with college degree.
SUFFICIENT

From statement-2 we get the following:

We cannot say anything from this info. INSUFFICIENT.

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A journalist is writing an article on the 100 members of the United States Senate. After researching her article, the journalist classifies the Senators into one of four categories: men who have earned at least one college degree, men who have not earned a college degree, women who have earned at least one college degree, and women who have not earned a college degree. How many Senators are men who have earned at least one college degree?


(1) The number of women who have not earned a college degree is 30 percent less than the number of men who have not earned a college degree, and the number of men who have not earned a college degree is 25 percent less than the number of women who have earned a college degree.

(2) The number of women who have not earned a college degree is 70 percent of the number of men who have not earned a college degree, and the number of men who have earned at least one college degree is 30 percent of the number of men who have not earned a college degree.




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