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If all the females in the Supply Chain Department [#permalink] New post   18 Sep 2019, 21:18
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ID: Q01-19

If all the females in the Supply Chain Department are in the age group of 35 to 44 and represent 6% (approximately) of the entire supply chain department, what is the approximate number of males in 35 to 44 years of age group?

a) 6
b) 7
c) 8
d) 10
f) 11
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Re: If all the females in the Supply Chain Department [#permalink] New post   18 Sep 2019, 21:21
2=.06x
x=33.33 ~ 33
then:
.24*33= 7.92 ~ 8
8-2=6
why the answer is 7 ?
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Re: If all the females in the Supply Chain Department [#permalink] New post   19 Sep 2019, 06:41
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Asmakan wrote:
.24*33= 7.92 ~ 8


it will be 0.24 * 37 and not 0.24 * 33


From the graph no. of female = 2

No. male = 35

Total employees = 37

Now we need to find the total no. of employees in the 35-44 age group

and that will be = 0.24 * 37 = 8.88 (because 24% consist the total no. of employees in the age group of 35-44)

And we know there are 2 female employees in the same age group,

So the no. of male in the age group = 8.88 - 2 = 6.88 = which is closer to 7 and not 6

Therefore answer is B
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Re: If all the females in the Supply Chain Department [#permalink] New post   30 Sep 2019, 23:31
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f = # of females
m = # of males
T = total # of males and females = m + f

1) all the females in the Supply Chain Department are in the age group of 35 to 44 -----------> 24% T = f


2) approximately 6% of the entire supply chain department are females --------------> f = 6% (35) = 2


0.24 (f + m) = f ------> m = 6.33


since we can't have 6.33 men, we round it to 7.
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Re: If all the females in the Supply Chain Department [#permalink] New post   06 Oct 2019, 07:36
Why not A (6)?

It say 24% is in supply chain. Out of which 6% is female. i.e. 6% consists of 2 employee then remaining 18% should be 6.

Can someone explain why this is wrong. ?
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Re: If all the females in the Supply Chain Department [#permalink] New post   07 Oct 2019, 08:45
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See the explanation above provided by the mod pranab01.

he explained very well why it is not 6.

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Re: If all the females in the Supply Chain Department [#permalink] New post   07 Apr 2020, 09:27
Guys i think that this question does not make sense, you cannot round up a person. if there are 8.88 people in the department you should deduct that there are 8 people not 9. I don't think we could see such a question on the exam
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Re: If all the females in the Supply Chain Department [#permalink] New post   03 May 2020, 17:31
Mike is right. This question is ambiguous.
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