GMAT Question of the Day

July 03, 2009

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Today's Practice GMAT Question:

If 60 percent of the DVDs in Katie's collection are American-made movies, 35 percent of the DVDs in her collection are comedies,and 30 percent are neither American-made nor comedies, what percent of the DVDs in Katie's collection are both American-made and comedies?
(A) 15
(B) 25
(C) 40
(D) 60
(E) 75


 

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Need more work in this area? Check out the Arithmetic: Fundamentals set of (100) practice problems.There is also a full chapter covering Overlapping Sets in Total GMAT Math. It includes additional practice problems, as well.

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