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A district blood bank's record shows that four years ago it collected 12,000 units in all, 40 in every hundred of them at camps held away from its premises; last year it collected 9,000 units in all, 55 in every hundred of them at such camps. Which of the following must be true?

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  • AThe blood bank collected fewer units away from camps last year than it did four years ago
  • BThe blood bank collected fewer units at camps last year than it did four years ago
  • CThe blood bank held fewer camps last year than it did four years ago
  • DMore than half the units collected four years ago came from camps

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Four years ago the camps gave 4,800 units and everything else 7,200; last year the camps gave 4,950 and everything else 4,050. So collection away from camps fell, which is the first option. Camp collection actually rose slightly, so the second is false; the number of camps held is nowhere recorded and a larger yield could come from fewer camps, so the third cannot be settled; and 40 in every hundred is not more than half, so the fourth is false.
Answer: A) The blood bank collected fewer units away from camps last year than it did four years ago

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