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radhika1306 Really wants to Beat The GMAT!
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Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 12:49 pm Post subject: set 24 q 3 |
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in a certain game played with red chips and blue chips, each red chip has a point value
of X and each blue chip has a point value of Y, where X>Y and X and Y are positive
integers. If a player has 5 red chips and 3 blue chips, what is the average (arithmetic
mean ) point value of the 8 chips that the player has?
(1) The average point value of one red chip and one blue chip is 5.
(2) The average point value of the 8 chips that the player has is an integer. |
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givemeanid Really wants to Beat The GMAT!

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Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 2:16 pm Post subject: |
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X=1, Y=9
X=5, Y=5
Both of the above satisfy both conditions. Hence, E _________________ So It Goes |
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Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 3:05 pm Post subject: |
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| OA is C , can anyone help |
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jaspreet.sharma Just gettin' started!
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Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 3:51 pm Post subject: Re: set 24 q 3 |
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| radhika1306 wrote: | in a certain game played with red chips and blue chips, each red chip has a point value
of X and each blue chip has a point value of Y, where X>Y and X and Y are positive
integers. If a player has 5 red chips and 3 blue chips, what is the average (arithmetic
mean ) point value of the 8 chips that the player has?
(1) The average point value of one red chip and one blue chip is 5.
(2) The average point value of the 8 chips that the player has is an integer. |
As X>y , values for (x,y) can be (6,4),(7,3),(8,2) or (9,1)
1st condition tells (x+y)/2 = 5
Or x+y = 10
2nd condition says (5x+3y)/8 is an integer
Combining both conditions
We can find the value of x and y and thus can find the average too
As (5*9+3*1)/8 is an integer
So x=9
And y=1
Answer is C |
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givemeanid Really wants to Beat The GMAT!

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Not a good idea for me to mess things up a day before D-Day! I completely missed the X>Y part in the question. Son of a $@$%& _________________ So It Goes |
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givemeanid, if today is d-day-1 for you, go see a movie or do something to take your mind of the gmat, relax the forum is under control  |
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