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On a certain highway, 3% of drivers are ticketed for exceeding the spe
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11 Oct 2021, 05:59
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On a certain highway, 3% of drivers are ticketed for exceeding the speed limit. However, 80% of the drivers who exceed the speed limit are not ticketed. What percent of drivers on this highway exceed the speed limit?
(A) 12%
(B) 15%
(C) 17%
(D) 60%
(E) 75%
(A) 12%
(B) 15%
(C) 17%
(D) 60%
(E) 75%
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11 Oct 2021, 10:51
11 Oct 2021, 10:51
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Carcass wrote:
On a certain highway, 3% of drivers are ticketed for exceeding the speed limit. However, 80% of the drivers who exceed the speed limit are not ticketed. What percent of drivers on this highway exceed the speed limit?
(A) 12%
(B) 15%
(C) 17%
(D) 60%
(E) 75%
(A) 12%
(B) 15%
(C) 17%
(D) 60%
(E) 75%
80% of speeders were not ticketed, only 20% of Speeders were tickets which represents 3% among overall drivers, which is 1/5 of overall driver.
Therefore % of speeders overall = 3% * 5 = 15%
Answer is B)15
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