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On June 1, Mary paid Omar $360 for rent and utilities for

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by BTGmoderatorDC » Thu Mar 14, 2019 9:01 pm

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On June 1, Mary paid Omar $360 for rent and utilities for the month of June. Mary moved out early, and Omar refunded the money she paid for utilities, but not for rent, for the days in June after she moved out. How many dollars did Omar refund to Mary?

(1) Mary moved out on June 24.
(2) The amount Mary paid for utilities was less than 1/5 the amount Mary paid for rent.

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by swerve » Fri Mar 15, 2019 7:07 am
(1) Mary moved out on June 24.
Clearly insufficient as it does not tell how many portions of 360 were for utilities.

(2) The amount Mary paid for utilities was less than 1/5 the amount Mary paid for rent.
Insufficient as it does not tell when did Mary move out.

Combining statements 1 and 2
Let rent be x so utilities will be less than x/5.
x + x/5 = 360

Hence, utilities will be 60 for the whole month. For 6 days to refund it will be less than 12$ we don't exactly what less than 12$.

Therefore, the correct answer is E
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