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Hello Everyone,

Please tell me how to solve such a problem :

Q) Sam sells Product X for 15000 dollar and Jack sells product Y for 27000 dollar and both of them sell product Z for 36000 dollar. What is Jack's share in product Z ?

a) 15140
b) 21199
c) 23142
d) 25450
e) 27800

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by Brent@GMATPrepNow » Thu Aug 02, 2018 9:50 am
greatchap wrote:Hello Everyone,

Please tell me how to solve such a problem :

Q) Sam sells Product X for 15000 dollar and Jack sells product Y for 27000 dollar and both of them sell product Z for 36000 dollar. What is Jack's share in product Z ?

a) 15140
b) 21199
c) 23142
d) 25450
e) 27800

Thank you.

Regards,
GR
Are you sure you transcribed the question correctly?
As it stands, it's not answerable.

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re-phrase

by greatchap » Thu Aug 02, 2018 9:16 pm
Brent@GMATPrepNow wrote:
greatchap wrote:Hello Everyone,

Please tell me how to solve such a problem :

Q) Sam sells Product X for 15000 dollar and Jack sells product Y for 27000 dollar and both of them sell product Z for 36000 dollar. What is Jack's share in product Z ?

a) 15140
b) 21199
c) 23142
d) 25450
e) 27800

Thank you.

Regards,
GR
Are you sure you transcribed the question correctly?
As it stands, it's not answerable.

Cheers,
Brent
Q) Sam sells Product X for 15000 dollar and product Y for 27000 dollar and product Z (which is combination of X + Y) for 36000 dollar. What is product Y's share in product Z ?
OR if you are unable to understand then -
Sam sells Salt for $15000 and Jack sells Water for $27000 and both of them sell Salt Water (combination of salt & water) for $36000. What is Jack's share in salt water ?

a) 15140
b) 21199
c) 23142
d) 25450
e) 27800

Is the question above OK ?
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by Jay@ManhattanReview » Fri Aug 03, 2018 2:08 am
greatchap wrote:Hello Everyone,

Please tell me how to solve such a problem :

Q) Sam sells Product X for 15000 dollars and product Y for 27000 dollars and product Z (which is a combination of X + Y) for 36000 dollars. What is product Y's share in product Z?

a) 15140
b) 21199
c) 23142
d) 25450
e) 27800

Thank you.

Regards,
GR
This is a classical Ratio/Proportion question.

Product Y's share in product Z will be given by "(Rate of Z)*[(Rate of Y)/(Rate of X + Rate of Y)]."

Product Y's share in product Z = 36,000*[27000/(15000 + 27000)] = 36,000*(27/42) = $23,142

The correct answer: C

Hope this helps!

-Jay
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