If the Lincoln Library's total expenditure for books, periodicals, and newspapers last year was $35,000, how much of the expenditure was for books?
1) The expenditure for newspapers was 40 percent greater than the expenditure for periodicals.
2) The total of the expenditure for periodicals and newspapers was 25 percent less than the expenditure for books.
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Total Expenditure: B + N + P = 35000
To find: Expenditure on books
Statement 1:
N = 1.4 P
B + N + P = 35000
B + 2.4P = 35000
INSUFFICIENT
Statement 2:
P + N = .75 (B)
B + N + P = 35000
B + .75B = 35000
SUFFICIENT
Answer [spoiler]{B}[/spoiler]
To find: Expenditure on books
Statement 1:
N = 1.4 P
B + N + P = 35000
B + 2.4P = 35000
INSUFFICIENT
Statement 2:
P + N = .75 (B)
B + N + P = 35000
B + .75B = 35000
SUFFICIENT
Answer [spoiler]{B}[/spoiler]
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