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amina.shaikh309
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Each statement alone can be dismissed quickly. Statement 1 tells us nothing about about the pre-discount prices of the items. Statement 2 tells us nothing about the magnitude of the discounts.A merchant discounted the sale price of a coat and the sale price of a sweater. Which of
the two articles of clothing was discounted by the greater dollar amount?
(1) The percent discount on the coat was 2 percentage points greater than the
percent discount on the sweater.
(2) Before the discounts, the sale price of the coat was $10 less than the sale price of
the sweater.
Together: Pick some easy numbers. Case 1: Initial cost of coat = 10; Discount on coat = 10%; Dollar discount = 10 * .1 = $1
initial cost of sweater = 20. Discount on sweater = 8%. Dollar discount = 20* .08 = $1.60. Sweater has larger discount
Case 2: Initial cost of coat = 90; Discount on coat = 10%; Dollar discount = 90 * .1 = $9
initial cost of sweater = 100. Discount on sweater = 8%. Dollar discount = 100* .08 = $8. Coat has larger discount.
Using the statements together, we still cannot definitively answer the question. Answer is E
