manik11 wrote:Two positive integers that have a ratio of 1 : 2 are increased in a ratio of 1 : 1. Which of the following could be the resulting integers?
A) 2 and 4
B) 5 and 13
C) 15 and 28
D) 33 and 68
E) 71 and 143

OA : C

Hi Experts! Is there a strategy to follow on this type of questions or should I just brute force my way out of this. It took me more than 3 minutes to get the correct answer though?

Thanks!

manik11 wrote:Two positive integers that have a ratio of 1 : 2 are increased in a ratio of 1 : 1. Which of the following could be the resulting integers?
A) 2 and 4
B) 5 and 13
C) 15 and 28
D) 33 and 68
E) 71 and 143

[email protected] wrote:Hi manik11,

When reviewing questions that took 'too long' to answer, it's important to define WHAT you were doing during that time. You state that it took more than 3 minutes to solve this problem, but what work were you actually doing during that time? Was it real work or were you just staring at your pad trying to come up with something?

Rich

manik11 wrote:Hi Rich,
I started off exactly the way Mitch did in his solution. But by the time I had finished ruling out option B I was already thinking if my approach was correct (long-winded). Though it shouldn't have taken long to subtract 1 from the the numbers and check the ratio, my apprehension about my approach made me think if I was on the right track.