Passage Summary: In Country Y, all books needed government approval. The first censor rejected half of all submissions, while the second rejected only a quarter. Despite this lower rejection rate, the actual number of books that made it to print stayed exactly the same.

Reasoning: Under the first censor, 50% of manuscripts were approved. Under the second, 75% were approved. However, the total number of approved books remained constant between the two periods.

Analysis: This is a mathematical puzzle involving the relationship between percentages and raw totals. If the percentage of approved books went up (from 50% to 75%) but the actual number of approved books stayed the same, the total number of submissions must have decreased. For example, if 75 books were approved under both, the first censor must have seen 150 total manuscripts, while the second censor only saw 100. Look for an answer choice that recognizes this necessary drop in the total volume of manuscripts submitted for review.