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A publishing company allocated its entire annual operating budget among exactly five expense categories: printing, payroll, promotion, legal compliance, and software systems. Printing accounted for 35% of the budget, payroll for 25%, and promotion for 10%. Legal compliance accounted for x% of the budget, and software systems accounted for y% of the budget. What percent of the budget was allocated to legal compliance?
(1) If the company’s legal compliance budget had been 50% higher, the total budget would have increased by 5%.
(2) If the company’s payroll budget had been 80% lower, legal compliance would have accounted for 12.5% of the revised total budget.
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(1) If the company’s legal compliance budget had been 50% higher, the total budget would have increased by 5%.
(2) If the company’s payroll budget had been 80% lower, legal compliance would have accounted for 12.5% of the revised total budget.
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Total budget = 100%
Given:
Printing = 35%
Payroll = 25%
Promotion = 10%
So,
x + y = 30 ...(remaining for legal + software)
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Statement (1):
Legal increases by 50% → total increases by 5%
So,
0.5x = 5
x = 10
Unique value → sufficient
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Statement (2):
Payroll reduced by 80% → new payroll = 25 × 0.2 = 5
New total = 100 − 20 = 80
Given:
Legal = 12.5% of new total
So,
x = 12.5% of 80 = 10
Unique value → sufficient
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Both statements individually give x = 10
Final Answer: D
Given:
Printing = 35%
Payroll = 25%
Promotion = 10%
So,
x + y = 30 ...(remaining for legal + software)
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Statement (1):
Legal increases by 50% → total increases by 5%
So,
0.5x = 5
x = 10
Unique value → sufficient
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Statement (2):
Payroll reduced by 80% → new payroll = 25 × 0.2 = 5
New total = 100 − 20 = 80
Given:
Legal = 12.5% of new total
So,
x = 12.5% of 80 = 10
Unique value → sufficient
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Both statements individually give x = 10
Final Answer: D
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Statement 1:
This directly correlated to:
1/2x = 5.
x=10%
SUFFICIENT.
Statement 2:
0.2*25 = 5.
So a reduction of 20 points here.
So new total = 80.
x/80 = 1/8 [12.5% = 1/8]
x=10%
SUFFICIENT.
Answer: Option D
This directly correlated to:
1/2x = 5.
x=10%
SUFFICIENT.
Statement 2:
0.2*25 = 5.
So a reduction of 20 points here.
So new total = 80.
x/80 = 1/8 [12.5% = 1/8]
x=10%
SUFFICIENT.
Answer: Option D
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