Malvika's special requires one and a half bowls of noodles to make 4 servings. How many bowls noodles will Malvika need next Saturday?
1) Next Saturday, Malvika will prepare half the number of servings that she prepare earlier today.
2) Earlier today, Malvika used a half dozen bowls of noodles to prepare her dish.
The OA is C.
Please, can any expert explain this PS question for me? I have many difficulties to understand why that is the correct answer. Thanks.
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1) Next Saturday, Malvika will prepare half the number of servings that she prepares earlier today.swerve wrote:Malvika's special requires one and a half bowls of noodles to make 4 servings. How many bowls noodles will Malvika need next Saturday?
1) Next Saturday, Malvika will prepare half the number of servings that she prepare earlier today.
2) Earlier today, Malvika used a half dozen bowls of noodles to prepare her dish.
The OA is C.
Please, can any expert explain this PS question for me? I have many difficulties to understand why that is the correct answer. Thanks.
We do not have any information about the earlier today.
2) Earlier today, Malvika used a half dozen bowls of noodles to prepare her dish.
We do not have any information on Saturday.
(1) and (2) combined:
Since earlier today, Malvika used a half dozen (= 12/2 = 6) bowls of noodles to prepare her dish, on Saturday, Malvika would need 6/2 = 3 bowls of noodles. Sufficient.
The correct answer: C
Hope this helps!
-Jay
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