Bob purchased 18 cans of soda, some of which contained diet

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Bob purchased 18 cans of soda, some of which contained diet soda. How many of the cans did not contain diet soda?

(1) Of the cans Bob purchased, the number containing diet soda is equal to the number not containing diet soda.
(2) Of the cans Bob purchased, the number containing diet soda is odd

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by Jay@ManhattanReview » Mon Oct 14, 2019 9:46 pm
BTGmoderatorDC wrote:Bob purchased 18 cans of soda, some of which contained diet soda. How many of the cans did not contain diet soda?

(1) Of the cans Bob purchased, the number containing diet soda is equal to the number not containing diet soda.
(2) Of the cans Bob purchased, the number containing diet soda is odd

OA A

Source: Princeton Review
It's pretty simple. Statement 1 itself is sufficient. # of diet = # of non-diet soda = 9. Sufficient.

Statement 2 is insufficient since non-diet soda can be 17, 15, 13, ... 1. No unique answer. Insufficient.

The correct answer: A

Hope this helps!

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