The Math Beast Challenge Problem of the Week – August 27th, 2012

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At Medville Hospital, Drug X is prescribed only for Condition A and Condition B, which may occur simultaneously in the same patient. Last year, the department recorded the following statistics for prescriptions of Drug X.

Condition Number of Cases
(i.e. Number of patients with the condition)
% of cases in which Drug X was prescribed
A 4,000 25
B 2,000 80

Which of the following could be the number of Medville Hospital patients for whom Drug X was prescribed last year?

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