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Example Question #35 : Discrete Probability
What is the number of unemployed adults in City A?
(1) The number of adults in City A is .
(2) Three fourth of adults in City A are employed.
Both statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
Each Statement ALONE is sufficient.
Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but Statement (2) ALONE is not sufficient.
Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but Statement (1) ALONE is not sufficient.
Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are not sufficient.
Both statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
(1) The number of adults in City A is 1000.
Statement (1) is not sufficient to find the number of unemployed adults in City A.
(2) Three fourth of adults in City A are employed.
This statement tell us that of adults are unemployed. However, without knowing the number of adults in City A we cannot determine the number of unemployed adults in City A. Statement (2) alone is not sufficient.
Combining both statements, we find that the number of unemployed adults is of 1000 which is 250.
Both statements together are sufficient, but neither statement alone is sufficient.
Example Question #33 : Discrete Probability
What is the probability that a randomly selected man in a sample of men has a beard?
(1) Half of the men in the sample do not have a beard.
(2) There are men with a beard in the sample.
Both statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but Statement (1) ALONE is not sufficient.
Each Statement ALONE is sufficient.
Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are not sufficient.
Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but Statement (2) ALONE is not sufficient.
Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but Statement (2) ALONE is not sufficient.
(1) Half of the men in the sample do not have a beard.
This statement implies that the other half of the men in the sample have a beard. Therefore, the probability that a randomly selected man in the sample has a beard is 0.5.
Statement (1) alone is sufficient.
(2) There are 100 men with a beard in the sample.
Statement (2) gives us the number of men who have a beard in the sample but without knowing the number of men in the sample, we cannot find the probability of men who have a beard.
Statement (2) is not sufficient.
Example Question #34 : Discrete Probability
What is the probability that a randomly selected student enrolled at a university will be a graduate student?
(1) of the students enrolled at the university are graduate students.
(2) Only of the students enrolled are graduate students.
Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but Statement (1) ALONE is not sufficient.
Both statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are not sufficient.
Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but Statement (2) ALONE is not sufficient.
Each Statement ALONE is sufficient.
Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but Statement (1) ALONE is not sufficient.
(1) 1000 of the students at the university are graduate students.
Statement (1) alone is not sufficient because we don't know the total number of students enrolled at the university.
(2) Only 20% of the students enrolled are graduate students.
Statement (2) gives the probability of graduate students enrolled at that university as 20%(0.2).
Statement (2) Alone is sufficient.
Example Question #35 : Discrete Probability
A bag contains red, yellow and green marbles. There are marbles total.
I) There are green marbles.
II) The number of yellow marbles is half of one less than the number of green marbles.
What are the odds of picking a red followed by a green followed by a yellow? Assume no replacement.
Both statements are needed to answer the question.
Either statement is sufficient to answer the question.
Statement I is sufficient to answer the question, but statement II is not sufficient to answer the question.
Statement II is sufficient to answer the question, but statement I is not sufficient to answer the question.
Neither statement is sufficient to answer the question. More information is needed.
Both statements are needed to answer the question.
In order to calculate the probability the question asks for, we need to know the number of each color of marble.
I) Gives us the number of greens.
II) Gives us clues which will allow us to find the number of reds and yellows.
We need both statements to answer this question.
Example Question #36 : Discrete Probability
In a standard deck of cards (4 suits, 13 cards of each suit) 3 cards have been removed. What are the odds of choosing one red card followed by 2 black cards? Assume replacement.
I) Two of the cards that were removed were black.
II) One of the removed cards was red.
Either statement is sufficient to answer the question.
Neither statement is sufficient to answer the question. More information is needed.
Statement I is sufficient to answer the question, but statement II is not sufficient to answer the question.
Both statements are needed to answer the question.
Statement II is sufficient to answer the question, but statement I is not sufficient to answer the question.
Either statement is sufficient to answer the question.
To find the desired probability we need to know which color cards were removed.
I) Tells us the number of black cards removed.
II) Tells us the number of red cards removed.
At first glance, we need both statements, but if we think for a minute, if we know the total number of cards removed and the number of one color removed, we can find the number of the color... So either statement works.
Example Question #3181 : Gmat Quantitative Reasoning
Holly took nine cards out of a standard 52-card deck. Did she take out more red cards than black, or vice versa?
Statement 1: Holly ran 100 experiments using the modified deck, each involving a shuffle and a draw; she drew a red card 45 times.
Statement 2: Susan ran 100 experiments using the modified deck, each involving a shuffle and a draw; she drew a red card 44 times.
BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient to answer the question, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question.
BOTH statements TOGETHER are insufficient to answer the question.
Statement 1 ALONE is sufficient to answer the question, but Statement 2 ALONE is NOT sufficient to answer the question.
EITHER statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question.
Statement 2 ALONE is sufficient to answer the question, but Statement 1 ALONE is NOT sufficient to answer the question.
BOTH statements TOGETHER are insufficient to answer the question.
The statements together do not provide a definitive answer. The question addresses theoretical probability, but the two statements together provide empirical results. While the two experiments strongly suggest that Holly removed mostly red cards, it is entirely possible for these results to happen with an evenly distributed deck, or even one which has all of its red cards left.
Example Question #91 : Arithmetic
Julie altered a coin. Did the probability of a toss of the coin coming up heads increase or decrease?
Statement 1: The probability that, if the coin is tossed five times, all five tosses will result in heads increased.
Statement 2: The probability that, if the coin is tossed five times, all five tosses will result in tails decreased.
BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient to answer the question, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question.
EITHER statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question.
BOTH statements TOGETHER are insufficient to answer the question.
Statement 1 ALONE is sufficient to answer the question, but Statement 2 ALONE is NOT sufficient to answer the question.
Statement 2 ALONE is sufficient to answer the question, but Statement 1 ALONE is NOT sufficient to answer the question.
EITHER statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question.
The probability of a single toss of a fair coin coming up heads (or tails) is ; the probability of five such outcomes in a row is .
Assume Statement 1 alone. Let be the probability that a single toss of the coin will come up heads. The probability of five such outcomes in a row will be , which is greater than by Statement 1. Therefore,
,
The probability of one toss of the coin coming up heads increased.
If Statement 2 alone is assumed, a similar argument shows that the probability of one toss of the coin coming up tails decreased - which, of course, is the equivalent outcome.
Example Question #92 : Arithmetic
Nelson altered a six-sided die. Did the probability that it would come up a 6 increase, decrease, or stay the same?
Statement 1: The probability that the altered die will come up an odd number is .
Statement 2: The probability that the altered die will come up a "2" or a "4" is .
Statement 2 ALONE is sufficient to answer the question, but Statement 1 ALONE is NOT sufficient to answer the question.
Statement 1 ALONE is sufficient to answer the question, but Statement 2 ALONE is NOT sufficient to answer the question.
EITHER statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question.
BOTH statements TOGETHER are insufficient to answer the question.
BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient to answer the question, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question.
BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient to answer the question, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question.
Statement 1 alone only gives the probability that any of three rolls, "1", "3", or "5", comes up, but it does not give us the probability of a "2" or a "4". The reverse holds for Statement 2. Neither alone gives us the complete picture.
From the two statements together, it can be deduced that the probability of the die not coming up a "6" is the sum , so the probability of the die coming up a "6" is . Since the probability of the die coming up "6" was before it was altered, the alteration increased this probability.
Example Question #93 : Arithmetic
Note: Figure NOT drawn to scale.
The prism in the above figure is a cube. Give the surface area of the tetrahedron with vertices , shown in red.
Statement 1: The cube has surface area 150.
Statement 2: The cube has volume 125.
EITHER statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question.
Statement 2 ALONE is sufficient to answer the question, but Statement 1 ALONE is NOT sufficient to answer the question.
BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient to answer the question, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question.
Statement 1 ALONE is sufficient to answer the question, but Statement 2 ALONE is NOT sufficient to answer the question.
BOTH statements TOGETHER are insufficient to answer the question.
EITHER statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question.
From either statement, the length of one edge of a cube can be determined:
If the surface area is 150, then
If the volume is 125, then
Either way, since the length of each edge is known to be 5, the area of each of , , and can be calculated by multiplying one half by the product of the legs - that is, one half by the square of 5.
Also, since the three triangles are all right triangles with the same leg lengths, by the Side-Angle-Side Theorem, they are congruent, and their diagonals are as well - this makes equilateral. Also, since each triangle is a right isosceles triangle, by the 45-45-90 Theorem, each hypotenuse can be calculated by multiplying 5 by . Therefore, the sidelength of can be calculated, and its area can be determined.
Therefore, each statement alone is enough to yield the area of each face - and the total surface area.
Example Question #94 : Arithmetic
A box contains both red and white marbles. More red and white marbles are put in. Did the probability that a randomly drawn marble is red increase, decrease, or stay the same?
Statement 1: The box originally had an equal number of red and white marbles.
Statement 2: Half the marbles added were white.
Statement 2 ALONE is sufficient to answer the question, but Statement 1 ALONE is NOT sufficient to answer the question.
BOTH statements TOGETHER are insufficient to answer the question.
BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient to answer the question, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question.
EITHER statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question.
Statement 1 ALONE is sufficient to answer the question, but Statement 2 ALONE is NOT sufficient to answer the question.
BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient to answer the question, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question.
From Statement 1 alone, the probability of drawing a red number from the box before the addition of more marbles can be calculated - it is - but no clue as to the number of red or white marbles in the box after the addition is provided. Statement 2 alone gives no clue about the numbers of marbles before or after the addition.
The two statements together provide sufficient information. If half the marbles in the box before the addition are red, as given in Statement 1, and half the marbles added are red - half the marbles are white, from Statement 2, and no other colors were added - then half the marbles in the box after the addition are red, and the probability remains .