M7MBA wrote:Last year, the average price of eight different products sold by Company X was $245. What is the average price of those same eight products this year?
(1) For 5 of the 8 products, the price is 10% higher this year than last.
(2) For 3 of the products, the price remained unchanged
We can determine this year's average price if we know the difference between this year's revenue and last year's.
Statements combined:
Case 1: Last year the 5 products in Statement 1 had an average price of $10, for a total of $50 in revenue
In this case, the increase in revenue yielded by this year's 10% price increase = 10% of 50 = 5.
Case 2; Last year the 5 products in Statement 1 had an average price of $20, for a total of $100 in revenue
In this case, the increase in revenue yielded by this year's 10% price increase = 10% of 100 = 10.
Since the increase in revenue can be different values, the two statements combined are INSUFFICIENT.
The correct answer is
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