Hi,
This is the Q for which I am getting C as the answer, but the OA is E ----
L, R and P packed a certain number of boxes with books. What is the ratio of the number of boxes that R packed to the number of boxes that P packed?
1) L packed 30% of the total no. of boxes. (Obviously, insufficient)
2) R packed 10 more boxes than P. (Again, insufficient by itself)
Am I making a mistake in taking 100 as the total number of boxes, thereby making 70 as the total number of boxes packed by R and P?
Or is the mistake in the next step, where after clubbing the previous step with the second statement, I solve the equation (P+10) + P = 70 and then on get the final ratio of L, P and R to be 30: 40:30?
I have the feeling that it is the second step, but I am not sure why.
Any explanation will be welcome.
Thanks.
Shilo
This is the Q for which I am getting C as the answer, but the OA is E ----
L, R and P packed a certain number of boxes with books. What is the ratio of the number of boxes that R packed to the number of boxes that P packed?
1) L packed 30% of the total no. of boxes. (Obviously, insufficient)
2) R packed 10 more boxes than P. (Again, insufficient by itself)
Am I making a mistake in taking 100 as the total number of boxes, thereby making 70 as the total number of boxes packed by R and P?
Or is the mistake in the next step, where after clubbing the previous step with the second statement, I solve the equation (P+10) + P = 70 and then on get the final ratio of L, P and R to be 30: 40:30?
I have the feeling that it is the second step, but I am not sure why.
Any explanation will be welcome.
Thanks.
Shilo
