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by MI3 » Tue Jul 05, 2011 9:18 pm
Q: Of the 60 animals on a certain farm, 2/3 are either pigs or cows. How many of the animals are cows?
(1) the farm has more than twice as many cows at it has pigs.
(2) the farm has more than 12 pigs.

Unfortunately, I don't have the answer to the above problem. Experts out there please opine on how to resolve the problem.

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M.
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Source: — Data Sufficiency |

by Anurag@Gurome » Tue Jul 05, 2011 9:48 pm
MI3 wrote:Q: Of the 60 animals on a certain farm, 2/3 are either pigs or cows. How many of the animals are cows?
(1) the farm has more than twice as many cows at it has pigs.
(2) the farm has more than 12 pigs.
Say, number of cows = C and number of pigs = P
Hence, (C + P) = (2/3)*60 = 40

Statement 1: C > 2P
C ≥ 27 and P ≤ 13.

Not sufficient

Statement 2: P > 12
Therefore, C < 28

Not sufficient

1 & 2 Together: C = 27 and P = 13

Sufficient

The correct answer is C.
Last edited by Anurag@Gurome on Tue Jul 05, 2011 10:01 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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by amit2k9 » Tue Jul 05, 2011 9:49 pm
number of pigs and cows = p+c = 40

a c> 2p so we take c= 3p giving p=10 and c=30

also, c=4p, giving p=8 and c=32. not sufficient.

b p>12 means p=13 giving c= 27 or p= 14 meaning c= 26. not sufficient.

a+b

p>12 so we take p=13 meaning c=27. as c>2p
for p=14 meaning c=29 gives p+c > 40.

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by MI3 » Tue Jul 05, 2011 9:54 pm
Hello Anurag,

Thank you for the explanation..What I am still not clear on, is the first statement which states "the farm has more than twice as many cows at it has pigs".

My interpretation of this was C > 2P rather than C ≥ 2P, am I reading it all wrong?
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by Anurag@Gurome » Tue Jul 05, 2011 10:11 pm
MI3 wrote:My interpretation of this was C > 2P rather than C ≥ 2P, am I reading it all wrong?
Sorry that was a typo. Edited it.

C > 2P --> C + P > 3P --> 3P < 40 --> P < 40/3 --> P ≤ 13 --> C ≥ 27
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