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Under a company bonus plan, 900 shares of stock were distributed to employees. If lisa and tom were two of the employees to receive stock, what fraction of stock did tom receive?
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1 Lisa received 3 times as many shares of stock as tom.
2Tom received 2/3 of all the stock share she didn’t receive



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E...we dont know the total number of employees...
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Under a company bonus plan, 900 shares of stock were distributed to employees. If lisa and tom were two of the employees to receive stock, what fraction of stock did tom receive?
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1 Lisa received 3 times as many shares of stock as tom.
2Tom received 2/3 of all the stock share she didn’t receive

C.

Let lisa got x shares and tom y.

by 1) x=3y

by2) y= 2/3*(900-x)

subst x=3y

y= 2/3*(900-3y)

3y= 600
y=200
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It's strange, but it seems to me that we even don't need the total number of stock distributed because we were asked to tell what fraction Tom received. The answer is C. He received 2/9 from total.
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It's strange, but it seems to me that we even don't need the total number of stock distributed because we were asked to tell what fraction Tom received. The answer is C. He received 2/9 from total.
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Very good!

Say x is stocks that Liza didn't get. T=2/3x, L=3*2/3x=2x, Total=L+NonL=2x+x=3x
Tom's fraction:
(2/3x)/3x=2/9
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yep, (c) it is!

statement I says Lisa = 3 * Tom. insufficient
statement II says Tom = 2/3(900-Lisa) or 3 * tom = 1800 - 2*Lisa. insufficient.

together we have 2 statements and 2 variables, so we can solve for T, thus, (C)



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