After winning 30 percent of the first 50 games it played

Question

After winning 30 percent of the first 50 games it played, team A won all the remaining games it played. How many total games did team a win?

(1) Team A won 11 of the last 12 games it played.
(2) Team A won 14 f the first 48 games it played.

Vips0000 · Answer

Team A won 30% of first 50 games. This means 15 out of 50 games.
"Also A won all remaining games it played"

Statement 1: A won 11 of last 12 games it played. But team had won All games over 50. It is possible that team A played on 55 matches, and it had won 11 of last 12 matches (from 43 to 55), It is also possible that team A played 61 matches and lost first and won rest 11 out of 11 matches between 50-61.
Not sufficient
Statement 2: A won 14 of first 48 games played. Only thing we can deduce is, it won 1 more in next 2 (from question stem). Not sufficient.

together, also example given in statement 1 holds good. Not sufficient.

Ans E it is.

Bunuel · Answer

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pierjoejoe · Answer

15 + (TOTAL - 50) = WON

WON = TOTAL - 35

WE NEED TOTAL to find WON

(1) tells us that TEAM A won 11 of the last 12 games, but does not tell anything about the total number of games. we only know that TEAM A played at least 62 games: TOTAL >= 62 NOT SUFFICIENT

(2) useless information, virtually telling us the same thing that the problem statement is saying. the only info we can get here is that the fiftinth victory has happened either in the 49th game or 50th game.

anirchat · Answer

Bunuel . Can you please look into this ? I think the maximum game that can be won would be 61 if we consider A as the answer. 
The actual answer to this should be  E  as there are many possibilities.

Bunuel · Answer

Not sure how you're getting this, but the answer is E. For example, if the team played 100 games, it won 15 games from the first 50 and 11 games from the last 12. Out of the remaining 100 - 50 - 12 = 38 games, it could have won any number from 0 to 38, inclusive.

anirchat · Answer

Thanks for the explanation  Bunuel

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