Student: There are 100 employees in a room. 99% are managers. How many managers must leave the room to bring down the percentage of manager to 98%?\nOptions:\n(A) 1\n(B) 2\n(C) 50\n(D) 49\n(E) 97.
Another student: Let's say, hmmm...

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We have 99 managers and 1 director. That 1 director to compose 2% of the total number of people, there must be 50 people in the room, hence 50 managers must leave. Final answer: (C).
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