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First of all this is not A Powerprep software question but from Princeton. The tag was wrong. I guess it was changed when several months ago all the tags of the board were messed up.

Also the OA is not D but B.

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Can anyone explain Q3?
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Can anyone explain Q3?

So break down the increase in every department
Animal Rights- 2.5mil to 3 mil- 20% increase
Disaster relief-1.5mil to 2mil- 33% increase
Homeless Aid- 3mil to 3.5mil- 16.7% increase
Enviornmental protection- 4mil to 4.5mil- 12.5% increase
Child Safety- 9.25mil to 10mil- 8% increase

Which means child safety was increased the least, proportinally. Hence answer is E
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Re: Private donations to charitable [#permalink]
Regarding q3 it takes time to calculate percentage increase for each and every charitable cause. Is there some steps that we can cut off in that ?
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Re: Private donations to charitable [#permalink]
Why can you simply not "estimate" by looking at the spatial difference between the Sept and Oct 1989 markers? i.e. narrower distance between markers = smaller percentage change?
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You could estimate only when the stem says "approximately".

Otherwise, especially in the scenario in which the answer choices are tight, you could end up with the wrong answer.

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Ok understood - thanks Carcass
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I believe the answer to the second question is miskeyed. The explanation says the answer is C but it shows B
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Let me check Sir
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Yes, it was C indeed

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Re: Private donations to charitable [#permalink]
Carcass wrote:
First of all this is not A Powerprep software question but from Princeton. The tag was wrong. I guess it was changed when several months ago all the tags of the board were messed up.

Also the OA is not D but B.

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Carcass, could you please explain why did you not take any value of december 1989? and why only september one?
The question mentions that from september 1979(or so) to december 1989.
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which question are you referring to, sir, among the three ?
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which question are you referring to, sir, among the three ?

the second one
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#1 Question

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Divide the $9.4 million in private donations received by child safety organizations in September 1989 by the 38 organizations operating at the time. The amount is approximately $250,000.


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From the line graph, you see that homeless aid groups took in about $300 million in private donations, and animal rights groups about $225 million. The ratio of $300 million to $225 million is 4 to 3.


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In September 1989, $9.4 million was privately donated to child safety, and in October 1989, $9.9 million was privately donated. Percent change is \(\frac{change}{original }* 100 \) The change is equal to 9.9 – 9.4 = 0.5 (the difference between private donations in September 1989 and October 1989). The original is equal to 9.4 (the amount of private donations in September 1989). The percent change is \(\frac{0.5}{9.4} * 100\) or approximately 5 percent. This is lower than the percent change in any of the other categories.
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Re: Private donations to charitable [#permalink]
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#1 Question

D

Divide the $9.4 million in private donations received by child safety organizations in September 1989 by the 38 organizations operating at the time. The amount is approximately $250,000.


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From the line graph, you see that homeless aid groups took in about $300 million in private donations, and animal rights groups about $225 million. The ratio of $300 million to $225 million is 4 to 3.


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In September 1989, $9.4 million was privately donated to child safety, and in October 1989, $9.9 million was privately donated. Percent change is \(\frac{change}{original }* 100 \) The change is equal to 9.9 – 9.4 = 0.5 (the difference between private donations in September 1989 and October 1989). The original is equal to 9.4 (the amount of private donations in September 1989). The percent change is \(\frac{0.5}{9.4} * 100\) or approximately 5 percent. This is lower than the percent change in any of the other categories.



Carcass, in the 2nd question its written from september 1985 to december 1989. I got confused with that. so why did you only take values for september 1985?
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The line we care is the red one I highlighted above. Tha's why
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The line we care is the red one I highlighted above. Tha's why

I think I misread this. Thank you for pointing that out
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