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by orel » Wed Nov 26, 2008 5:04 am
Machine X and Y work at their respective constatnt rates. HOW many more hour does it take machine Y, working alone, to fill a production order of a certain size than it takes machine X ,working alone?

(1) Machine Y and X, working together, fill a production order of this size in two-thirds the time that machine X, working alone, does
(2) machine Y, working alone, fills the production order of this size in twice the time that machine X, working alone

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by rohangupta83 » Wed Nov 26, 2008 5:32 am
imo E


time taken by X to complete a job = x
time taken by Y to complete a job = y

statement I

I am getting 3x = -y [which cannot be right]
unless I did a mistake somewhere

Statement II is insufficient by itself as it only gives the ratio between x and y

Together
3x = -2x

x's cancel out - just plain wrong

So, E

If answer is E - i'll explain further - else I must've messed up somewhere.
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by cramya » Wed Nov 26, 2008 5:37 am
I am getting E)
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by orel » Wed Nov 26, 2008 6:39 am
the OA is E,

but i didn't get why the equations are with negative signs...
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