Question

One half of the employees of Acme Co. earn salaries above $18000 annually. One third of the remainder earns salaries between $15000 and $18000. What part of the staff earn below $15000

a) 1/6
b) 2/3
c) 1/2
d) 1/3

Answer 1

@tcarroll010

Answer 2

@ganeshie8

Answer 3

\(\large \frac{1}{2}\) -----> above $18K

Answer 4

yeah..

Answer 5

One third of the remainder earns salaries between $15000 and $18000.

Answer 6

yup...

Answer 7

remainder is the remaining HALF employess oly. Out of that HALF, 1/3rd earn salaried between 15K and 18K

Answer 8

yup..

Answer 9

so....??

Answer 10

So, \(\frac{1}{3} \times \frac{1}{2} \) -----> between 15K and 18K

Answer 11

remaining are the ones whose salary is below 15K

Answer 12

remaining folks = \(1 - (\frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{6})\)

Answer 13

simplify

Answer 14

that gives us 1/3
but the answer is A :@

Answer 15

trust ur method, not the answer

Answer 16

so 1/3 is right? i was getting this answer every which way and i was confused as to why is it wrong :/

Answer 17

im getting 1/3 too. answer must be wrong

Answer 18

1/6 is correct if the question was like below :-

One half of the employees of Acme Co. earn salaries above $18000 annually. One third of the employees earns salaries between $15000 and $18000. What part of the staff earn below $15000

Answer 19

yeah so the answer must be wrong ! thanks a lot you cleared the confusion!

Answer 20

np :) typos in answer keys is not a new thing... they happen all the time !

Answer 21

yeah true! :)

Answer 22

Im glad you took time to verify :)

Answer 23

i have to, otherwise i would have been confused and keep thinking about this ques again and again! :P

Answer 24

true lol ;)

Answer 25

:)