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by itwazthe60s » Mon Aug 29, 2011 3:01 pm
This question's from Veritas Prep's textbook, but I think their answer is wrong.

At the beginning of the year, a clothing boutique had no jeans in stock. Early in the year, the boutique purchased 500 pairs of jeans, which had cost the boutique $65 each. During the same year, the boutique made only one other lot purchase of jeans. What was the total amount spent by the boutique on the jeans it had in stock at the end of the year?

1) During the year the total revenue from the sale of clothes was $250,000.
2) During the same year the boutique purchased 700 pairs of jeans for $60 each.

[spoiler]OA is E, I think it's B.[/spoiler]
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by Geva@EconomistGMAT » Tue Aug 30, 2011 12:03 am
itwazthe60s wrote:This question's from Veritas Prep's textbook, but I think their answer is wrong.

At the beginning of the year, a clothing boutique had no jeans in stock. Early in the year, the boutique purchased 500 pairs of jeans, which had cost the boutique $65 each. During the same year, the boutique made only one other lot purchase of jeans. What was the total amount spent by the boutique on the jeans it had in stock at the end of the year?

1) During the year the total revenue from the sale of clothes was $250,000.
2) During the same year the boutique purchased 700 pairs of jeans for $60 each.

[spoiler]OA is E, I think it's B.[/spoiler]
Stat. (2) seems to give the answer in a very direct manner, making this a very easy question - too easy, in fact. I I guess Veritas had something interesting in mind for this question, but I'm not sure what that is. Perhaps the distinction of "only one other lot purchase of jeans" does not preclude buying jeans out of lot purchases? Perhaps "total amount spent on the jeans it had in stock" requires you to know how many jeans remained in stock at the end of the year (which would require knowing not only how many jeans they bought, but also how many they sold and took out of stock)? How does the book explain the answer choice?
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