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by AAPL » Tue May 21, 2019 3:09 am

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Mr. Smith purchases books from the bargain bin. He buys only books that cost either $1, $2, or $7 dollars. How many $7 books he buy?

1) Mr. Smith spends $24 on bargain books.
2) Mr. Smith buys a total of 10 books.

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by Ian Stewart » Wed May 22, 2019 7:32 am
Using both Statements, he might have bought one $7 book, eight $2 books, and one $1 book, or he might have bought two $7 books, two $2 books and six $1 books, so the answer is E.
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by deloitte247 » Wed May 29, 2019 12:12 am
Statement 1
Mr smith spent 24 dollar on bargain books
He could have bought (7dollar *3 books) + (2dollar *1book) + (1 dollar *1) book
OR
(7 dollar *2 books) + (2 dollar *4 books) + (1 dollar * 2 books) = 24 dollar
Statement 1 is NOT SUFFICIENT.

Statement 2
Mr smith buys a total of 10 books
The price tags for each of the 10 books is unknown, hence statement 2 is INSUFFICIENT.

Combining statement 1 and 2 together
The two statement together are not enough to establish a relationship for the quantity of books purchased for each price tag.
Hence all the two statements together are INSUFFICIENT.

$$Answer\ is\ Option\ E$$
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