Acme bakery earns 35% of its revenue from baguettes and 35% from battards, while Zenith bakery earns 50% of its revenue from baguettes and 20% from focaccia.
a) Zenith earns a lower percent of its revenue from focaccia than does Acme.
B) Zenith earns a lower percent of its revenue from battards than does Acme.
My mind is being completely boggled by this one. Could someone explain this question? Thank you!
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Vinny Gambini
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Re: q#2154
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B is correct.
Zenith earns 70% of its revenue from products that are NOT batards (50% baguettes + 20% focaccia), so the most revenue it could possibly earn from batards would be 30% (100% - 70%). Therefore, even there maximum batard-revenue (30%) is guaranteed to be less than the explicitly stated 35% of revenue that Acme earns from batards.
(A) cannot be inferred as a must be true, even though it could be true. We know Zenith makes 20% from focaccia, but we don't know what Acme makes. Because Acme could possibly could make anywhere from 0% to 30% from focaccia, and the answer choice is that Zenith makes a lower percent from focaccia than Acme, then Acme earning anywhere from 0% to 19.999% of revenue from focaccia would make Zenith's percentage higher, and make (A) wrong.
B is correct.
Zenith earns 70% of its revenue from products that are NOT batards (50% baguettes + 20% focaccia), so the most revenue it could possibly earn from batards would be 30% (100% - 70%). Therefore, even there maximum batard-revenue (30%) is guaranteed to be less than the explicitly stated 35% of revenue that Acme earns from batards.
(A) cannot be inferred as a must be true, even though it could be true. We know Zenith makes 20% from focaccia, but we don't know what Acme makes. Because Acme could possibly could make anywhere from 0% to 30% from focaccia, and the answer choice is that Zenith makes a lower percent from focaccia than Acme, then Acme earning anywhere from 0% to 19.999% of revenue from focaccia would make Zenith's percentage higher, and make (A) wrong.
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Re: q#2154
dababbott Wrote:Just hopping around the forum...
B is correct.
Zenith earns 70% of its revenue from products that are NOT batards (50% baguettes + 20% focaccia), so the most revenue it could possibly earn from batards would be 30% (100% - 70%). Therefore, even there maximum batard-revenue (30%) is guaranteed to be less than the explicitly stated 35% of revenue that Acme earns from batards.
(A) cannot be inferred as a must be true, even though it could be true. We know Zenith makes 20% from focaccia, but we don't know what Acme makes. Because Acme could possibly could make anywhere from 0% to 30% from focaccia, and the answer choice is that Zenith makes a lower percent from focaccia than Acme, then Acme earning anywhere from 0% to 19.999% of revenue from focaccia would make Zenith's percentage higher, and make (A) wrong.
great explanation!
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