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QOTD # 11 Of the students in a school, 20 percent are in the
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Of the students in a school, 20 percent are in the science club and 30 percent are in the band. If 25 percent of the students in the school are in the band but are not in the science club, what percent of the students who are in the science club are not in the band?
A) 5%
B) 20%
C) 25%
D) 60%
E) 75%
A) 5%
B) 20%
C) 25%
D) 60%
E) 75%
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Re: QOTD # 11 Of the students in a school, 20 percent are in the
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Use the Double Matrix Method. This technique can be used for most questions featuring a population in which each member has two characteristics associated with it (aka overlapping sets questions).
Here, we have a population of students, and the two characteristics are:
- in the science club or not in the science club
- in the band or not in the band
So, we can set up our matrix as follows:
Since we aren't told the total population AND we're asked to find a percentage, let's say that the TOTAL population is 100 (an easy number to work with)
20 percent of the students are in the science club, and 30 percent of the students are in the band
Since the total population is 100, this means that there are 20 students in the science club. Also, since there are 100 students, we can conclude that 80 students are NOT in teh science club.
Likewise, if 30 students are in the band, then 70 students are NOT in the band.
So, let's add all of this to the diagram:
25 percent of the students in the school are in the band but are not in the science club
Great. We'll add this to our diagram:
Since the two boxes in the left-hand column must add to 30, we can see that the top box must hold 5 students
Since the two boxes in the top row must add to 20, we can see that the top right box must hold 15 students
Using similar logic, we can see that the last box holds 55 students
What percent of the students who are in the science club are not in the band?
Our diagram tells us that there are 20 students in the science club.
Of those 20 students, 15 are NOT in the band.
15/20 = 75%
Answer: E
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Use the Double Matrix Method. This technique can be used for most questions featuring a population in which each member has two characteristics associated with it (aka overlapping sets questions).
Here, we have a population of students, and the two characteristics are:
- in the science club or not in the science club
- in the band or not in the band
So, we can set up our matrix as follows:
Since we aren't told the total population AND we're asked to find a percentage, let's say that the TOTAL population is 100 (an easy number to work with)
20 percent of the students are in the science club, and 30 percent of the students are in the band
Since the total population is 100, this means that there are 20 students in the science club. Also, since there are 100 students, we can conclude that 80 students are NOT in teh science club.
Likewise, if 30 students are in the band, then 70 students are NOT in the band.
So, let's add all of this to the diagram:
25 percent of the students in the school are in the band but are not in the science club
Great. We'll add this to our diagram:
Since the two boxes in the left-hand column must add to 30, we can see that the top box must hold 5 students
Since the two boxes in the top row must add to 20, we can see that the top right box must hold 15 students
Using similar logic, we can see that the last box holds 55 students
What percent of the students who are in the science club are not in the band?
Our diagram tells us that there are 20 students in the science club.
Of those 20 students, 15 are NOT in the band.
15/20 = 75%
Answer: E
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Re: QOTD # 11 Of the students in a school, 20 percent are in the
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Let there be 100 students in the school.
Number of Students in Science Club= 20.
Number of students in Band = 30.
Number of students in a band but not science club= 25.
Number of students in a band and science club= 5.
No of students that are in science club but not in a band= 20 -5 =15.
% of students that are in science club but not in a band = \(\frac{15}{20}*100\) =75
Number of Students in Science Club= 20.
Number of students in Band = 30.
Number of students in a band but not science club= 25.
Number of students in a band and science club= 5.
No of students that are in science club but not in a band= 20 -5 =15.
% of students that are in science club but not in a band = \(\frac{15}{20}*100\) =75
