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How many staff memers were in the department?

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by apoorva.srivastva » Fri Jun 05, 2009 9:54 pm
A department manager distributed a number of pens, pencils and pads among the staff in the department, with each staff member receiving x pens, y pencils and z pads. How many staff memers were in the department?

1. The number of pens, pencils, and pads that each staff member recieved were in the ratio 2:3:4 respectively

2. The manager distribute a total of 18 pens, 27 pencils, and 36 pads

[b]KINDLY EXPLAIN AS TO HOW DO I SOLVE IT ALGEBRAICALLY!!!!!![/b]
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by agoyal2 » Fri Jun 05, 2009 10:59 pm
IMO E.

Stmt 1: The ratio of pens, pencil, pad per staff is 2:3:4. This does not tell us about total items distributed and hence we cannot find out how many people were there. INSUFFICIENT.

Stmt 2: Total of 18 pens, 27 pencils, and 36 pads were distributed. We just know that this is in the ratio of 2:3:4. No new information. INSUFFICIENT.

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We can have 9 people each receiving 2 pens, 3 pencils and 4 pads
or we could have 3 people each receiving 6 pens, 9 pencils and 12 pads.

Still INSUFFICIENT
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by mehravikas » Sat Jun 06, 2009 8:37 pm
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by nervesofsteel » Sat Jun 06, 2009 11:46 pm
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