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23. A marketing firm determined that of 200 households
surveyed, 80 used neither Brand A nor Brand B soap, 60
used only Brand A soap, and for every household that
used both brands of soap, 3 used only Brand B soap.
How many of the 200 households surveyed used both
brands of soap?
A. 15
B. 20
C. 30
D. 40
E. 45
Since it is given that 80 households use neither Brand A
nor Brand B, then 200 – 80 = 120 must use Brand A,
Brand B, or both. It is also given that 60 households use
only Brand A and that three times as many households
use Brand B exclusively as use both brands. If x is the
number of households that use both Brand A and Brand
B, then 3x use Brand B alone.
60 + x + 3x = 120 ( 200 – 80)
60 + 4x = 120
4x = 60
x = 15
The correct answer is (A).
35. A certain club has 10 members, including Harry. One of
the 10 members is to be chosen at random to be the
president, one of the remaining 9 members is to be chosen at
random to be the secretary, and one of the remaining 8
members is to be chosen at random to be the treasurer. What
is the probability that Harry will be either the member
chosen to be the secretary of the member chosen to be the
treasurer?
Two probabilities must be calculated here: (1) the probability
of Harry’s being chosen for secretary and (2) the probability of
Harry’s being chosen for treasurer.
If Harry is to be secretary, he first CANNOT have been
chosen for president, and then he must be chosen for secretary.
The probability that he will be chosen for president is (1/10)
not being chosen for president (1- 1/10 = 9/10). The
probability of being chosen for secretary is 1/9. Once he is
chosen, the probability that he will be selected for treasurer is
0, so the probability that he will not be selected for treasurer is
1 – 0 =1. Thus the probability of Harry’s being chosen for
secretary (9/10) (1/9) (1).
If Harry is to be treasurer, he needs to be NOT chosen for
president, then NOT chosen for secretary, and then finally
chosen for treasurer. The correct Answer is E
36. Ms. Taylor purchased stock for $1500 and sold 2/3 of it
after its value doubled. She sold the remaining stock at 5
times its purchase price. What was her total profit on the
stock?
A. $1500
B. $2000
C. $2500
D. $3000
E. $6000
of stock at double Price = 3000 = $2000
of stock at 5 times the purchase price ($500) =$2500
Total Selling Price = $4500.
Total profit = Selling price ($4500) - cost price ($1500)
= $ 3000
The correct answer is (D).
2/3 of the stock cost 2/3 of $1,500, or $1,000.So, when
its value doubled, it was worth $2,000. The profit on this
part of the stock is $2,000-$1,000= $1,000. The
remaining stock cost $1,500-$1,000=$500 5 times the
purchase price for this part of the stock is 5 x $500 =
$2,500 . The profit on this part is $2,500 - $500 =
$2,000. So the total profit is $1,000 + $2,000 = $3,000,
which is choice (D).
39. A car wash can wash 8 cars in 18 minutes. At this rate, how
many cars can the car wash in 3 hours?
A. 13
B. 40.5
C. 80
D. 125
E. 405
18 minutes …….. 8 cars
180 minutes ( 3hr 60 min ) ……80 cars
The correct answer is (C).
40. The ratio of chicken to pigs to horses on a farm can be
expressed as the triple ratio 20: 4: 6. If there are 120
chickens on the farm, then the number of horses on the farm
is
A. 4
B. 6
C. 24
D. 36
E. 60
The correct answer is (D).
42. There are 50 employees in the office of ABC Company. Of
these, 22 have taken an accounting course, 15 have taken a
course in finance, and 14 have taken a marketing course.
Nine of the employees have taken exactly two of the
courses, and one employee has taken all three of the courses.
How many of the 50 employees have taken none of the
courses?
A.0
B.9
C.10
D.11
E.26
We want to know how many people are not in any of the sets.
The easy way to do this is find the number in at least one of the
number of employees in at least one set, do not count the same
employees who more than once. If you add 22,15,14, an
employee who took exactly two of the courses will be counted
twice and employees who took all three courses will be
counted three times. So the number who took at least one
course is the number of Accounting + the number of Finance +
the number in Marketing – number who took exactly two
courses – 2 times the number who took all three courses =
22+15+14- 9- (2times1) = 51 - 9 = 40. Since 40 of the
employees took at least one course, 50 -40 = 10 took none of
the course.
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