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In a certain accounting firm, there are exactly three types [#permalink] New post  27 Sep 2017, 13:38
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In a certain accounting firm, there are exactly three types of employees: managerial, technical, and clerical. The firm has 120 employees, of whom 25 percent are managerial.

Quantity A
Quantity B
The number of managerial employees
Two-thirds of the number of clerical employees


A) Quantity A is greater.
B) Quantity B is greater.
C) The two quantities are equal.
D) The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.
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Re: In a certain accounting firm, there are exactly three types [#permalink] New post  27 Sep 2017, 22:56
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In a certain accounting firm, there are exactly three types of employees: managerial, technical, and clerical. The firm has 120 employees, of whom 25 percent are managerial.

Quantity A
Quantity B
The number of managerial employees
Two-thirds of the number of clerical employees


A) Quantity A is greater.
B) Quantity B is greater.
C) The two quantities are equal.
D) The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.



From the information we can calculate the managerial candidate ie 120* 25% = 30 and Technical + Clerical = 90

But we still have two unknowns i.e Technical and clerical. In some cases QTY b is greater than QTY A and viceversa

So the option is D
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