All of the employees of company Q received bonuses. If Naomi was an executive assistant at Company Q and if her salary

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All of the employees of company Q received bonuses. If Naomi was an executive assistant at Company Q and if her salary was $27,000, how much was her bonus?

(1) If an employee of company Q earned less than $50,000, her bonus was 8% of her salary.
(2) Elissa's bonus was the same percent of her $34,500 salary as Naomi's bonus was of her salary, and the difference between their bonuses was $600.


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Naomi's salary = $27000

Target question => How much was her bonus?

Statement 1 => If an employee of company Q earned less than $50000, her bonus was 8% of her salary
Naomi's salary is less than $50000
Naomi's bonus = 8% of her salary
=8/100 * 27000 = $2160
Statement 1 is SUFFICIENT

Statement 2 => Elissa's bonus was the same percent of her $34500 salary as Naomi's bonus was of her salary and the difference between their bonuses was $600
Elissa's bonus % = Naomi's bonus %
Elissa's salary = $34500
Difference between their salaries = 34500 - 27000
= $7500
Difference between their bonuses = $600
Expressing bonus as % of salary => 600/7500 * 100/1
=8%
Bonus = 8% of salary = 8% of $27000
= 8/100 * 27000
= $2160
Statement 2 is SUFFICIENT

Since each statement alone IS SUFFICIENT,
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