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In a coaching batch, 60% of the students sat the mathematics test and 45% sat both the mathematics test and the reasoning test. If a student picked at random is known to have sat the mathematics test, what is the probability that the student also sat the reasoning test?

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  • A3/4
  • B9/20
  • C27/100
  • D3/20

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Being told the student sat mathematics narrows the batch to that 60%, and the question asks what share of THAT group also sat reasoning: 0.45/0.60 = 0.75 = 3/4. In 100 students, 60 sat mathematics and 45 of those 60 also sat reasoning. Trap 9/20 = 0.45 quotes the joint figure and forgets to rescale to the smaller group. Trap multiplies where it should divide. Trap 3/20 = 0.60 − 0.45 subtracts instead — that 15% is the maths-only share.
Answer: A) 3/4

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