GRE Sample Test 5 Quantitative Reasoning 2

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Products as a Percentage of Total Revenue for Company X, 2003 and 2013

Question : 16 of 20

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If, In 2013, the amount of revenue from phones was approximately

\$

25 million dollars, then the amount of revenue from computers in 2013 was closest to which of the following?

$\$$ 29 million
$\$$ 32 million
$\$$ 36 million
$\$$ 40 million
$\$$ 42 million

Validate

Solution:

Since phones represented 27.5% of all revenue in 2013, you can create the equation:

\$

25 million = .275x, where x = the total revenue in 2013.
Solve for x:

\$

25 million/.275 =

\$

90.9 million. Finally, since revenue from computers account for approximately 36% of all revenue in 2013, take 36% of

\$

90.9 million: .36(90.9) =

\$

32.7 million. Among the choices, the value closest to 32.7 million is 32 million.

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