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CHARITABLE ANNUAL DONATIONS TO CHARITY GROUP X
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31 May 2017, 06:59
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CHARITABLE ANNUAL DONATIONS TO CHARITY GROUP X
If Company A had, on average, 15 times as many employees in the period 1980–2000 as did Company K, then which of the following is closest to the ratio of the actual donations from Company A in 1980–2000 to the actual donations from Company K in the same period?
A. 1:3
B. 1:2
C. 3:1
D. 4:1
E. 5:1
If Company A had, on average, 15 times as many employees in the period 1980–2000 as did Company K, then which of the following is closest to the ratio of the actual donations from Company A in 1980–2000 to the actual donations from Company K in the same period?
A. 1:3
B. 1:2
C. 3:1
D. 4:1
E. 5:1
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Re: CHARITABLE ANNUAL DONATIONS TO CHARITY GROUP X
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04 Jun 2017, 15:24
04 Jun 2017, 15:24
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To simplify this problem, ignore the chart column about the greatest single employee donation and plug in easy values for the number of employees for each company.
Try 15 employees for Company A and 1 employee for Company K: Now you have a total donation of 15 × 34.6 = 519 per year from Company A, and a total donation of 104.4 per year from the single employee of Company K.
The ratio is thus 519:104.4, which reduces almost exactly to 5:1, so choice E is correct. If you selected choice (A), you may have solved for the averages rather than the actual amount of the donations; if you selected choice (D), you may have solved for the period 1980–1990.
Hence option E is correct!
To simplify this problem, ignore the chart column about the greatest single employee donation and plug in easy values for the number of employees for each company.
Try 15 employees for Company A and 1 employee for Company K: Now you have a total donation of 15 × 34.6 = 519 per year from Company A, and a total donation of 104.4 per year from the single employee of Company K.
The ratio is thus 519:104.4, which reduces almost exactly to 5:1, so choice E is correct. If you selected choice (A), you may have solved for the averages rather than the actual amount of the donations; if you selected choice (D), you may have solved for the period 1980–1990.
Hence option E is correct!
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