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by ramsharma » Wed Feb 03, 2010 9:58 pm
At Oliveri's candy store, Brand X chocolate is sold by the ounce and Brand Y ice cream is sold by the pint. Excluding sales tax, what is the total cost for 3 ounces of Brand X chocolate and 1 pint of Brand Y ice cream?
(1) Excluding sales tax, the total cost for 12 ounces of Brand X chocolate and 4 pints of Brand Y ice cream is $43.00.
(2) Excluding sales tax, the total cost for 4 ounces of Brand X chocolate and 4 pints of Brand Y ice cream is $21.00.

(A) Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.
(B) Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.
(C) BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
(D) EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
(E) Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.
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by ajith » Wed Feb 03, 2010 10:13 pm
ramsharma wrote:At Oliveri's candy store, Brand X chocolate is sold by the ounce and Brand Y ice cream is sold by the pint. Excluding sales tax, what is the total cost for 3 ounces of Brand X chocolate and 1 pint of Brand Y ice cream?
(1) Excluding sales tax, the total cost for 12 ounces of Brand X chocolate and 4 pints of Brand Y ice cream is $43.00.
(2) Excluding sales tax, the total cost for 4 ounces of Brand X chocolate and 4 pints of Brand Y ice cream is $21.00.
say the candy store charges x per ounce of Brand X chocolate; y per pint of Brand Y ice-cream
We want to know 3x+y

1) 12x+4y =43.00 dividing by 4
3x + y = 43/4

Sufficient

2) 4x+4y = 21.00; insufficient

Hence A
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by akahuja143 » Wed Feb 03, 2010 10:15 pm
My Pick is also A ..

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by money9111 » Wed Feb 03, 2010 10:50 pm
yes A
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