Six different companies are each donating a certain amount of money to a specific charity. Each company is donating a different amount of money, and the total amount donated by the six companies is $58,000. Did at least one of companies donate less than $3000?
(1) The company that donated the most gave $38,000
(2) The company that donated the second least gave $4000
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Target question: Did at least one of companies donate less than $3000?varun289 wrote:Six different companies are each donating a certain amount of money to a specific charity. Each company is donating a different amount of money, and the total amount donated by the six companies is $58,000. Did at least one of companies donate less than $3000?
(1) The company that donated the most gave $38,000
(2) The company that donated the second least gave $4000
Statement 1: The company that donated the most gave $38,000
This means the other 5 companies donated a TOTAL of $20,000
Does this help us answer our target question? No.
Consider these 2 conflicting cases:
Case a: the donations are: 2999, 4000, 4001, 4250, 4750, 38,000 in which case at least one company donated less than $3000
Case b: the donations are: 3500, 4000, 4100, 4150, 4250, 38,000 in which case zero companies donated less than $3000
Since we cannot answer the target question with certainty, statement 1 is NOT SUFFICIENT
IMPORTANT: Notice that, for both cases, I chose values that also satisfy statement 2.
So, we now know that statement 2 is NOT SUFFICIENT
And we know that the combined statements are NOT SUFFICIENT
Answer = E
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Brent