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Here’s an unshmoopy question you’ll find on an exam somewhere in life...

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Based on the following percentage breakdown of floor spaces for two homes,

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which of the following is true? 

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And here are the potential answers...

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Can we read a pie chart?

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We just have to go through the potential answers here one by one until we can crown a winner.

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So… A. “Both houses have the same amount of kitchen and bath space.”

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Ooh… tricky.

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Both houses have the same PERCENTAGE of square feet in their kitchen and bathroom

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– but the 2nd house is twice the size of the first – so A is false.

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B. “House 1 has more bedroom space than house 2."

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Same as A - house 1 is bigger on a percentage basis, but because house 2 is twice the size,

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B is false as well.

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Ok… C. “House 1 has half the bedroom space of house 2.”

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Well, no. The percentages are different – if they’d both been 40% then yeah, C would

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be true, but in this case… nope.

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D. “The two homes' living rooms have a combined floor space of 1,000 square feet.”

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Well, let’s do the math.

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35% of a 2,000 square foot home is 700 square feet… and then 30% of a 1,000 square foot

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home is 300 square feet – add ‘em and we indeed have a thousand.

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Ding ding ding! The answer is D.

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