Friday, January 11, 2008

Data Sufficiency - 37

At least 100 students at a certain high school study Japanese. If 4 percent of the students who study French also study Japanese, do more students at the school study French than Japanese?

1). 16 students at the school study both French and Japanese.
2). 10 percent of the students at the school who study Japanese also study French.

Answer: B

From statement (1):16 students study both French and Japanese, so 16/0.04=400 students study French. But we don't know how many the total number of students are so the number Japanese student can be at least 100 or more than 400....insufficient

From statement (2): 10% Japanese studying students = 4% French studying students
10/100 study Japanese = 4/100 study French
25 study Japanese = 10 study French
Hence study French > study Japanese ... thus more students at the school study French than study Japanese....sufficient

Hence B