10 percent of all the pigs got cholera and died. And also 50 percent o

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10 percent of all the pigs got cholera and died. And also 50 percent of the pigs that got cholera did not die. What percent of all the pigs got cholera?

(A) 20%
(B) 30%
(C) 35%
(D) 40%
(E) 45%

Lampard42 · Answer

If 10% of death is 50% of Cholera ( as 50% that got did not die, so 50% died) so total Cholera is 20% IMO A

CareerGeek · Answer

https://gmatclub.com/forum/download/file.php?mode=view&id=48476 
50 percent of the pigs that got cholera did not die
--> 50 percent of the pigs that got cholera have died
--> 50% of x = 10
--> 50/100*x = 10
--> x = 10*100/50 = 20

IMO Option A

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Archit3110 · Answer

2x2 matrix
--- c---nc ----total
die-10--- ----- 
nd--.5x-- ---- --
tota x --- ---- 100
x * 50/100 = 10
x = 20%
IMO A

IanStewart · Answer

1/2 the pigs with cholera did not die, so the other 1/2 with cholera did die. But that's 10% of the pigs, so 20% got cholera in total.

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