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Last week, Raina and Bob made a combined total of 190 sales at a computer store. Raina made how many more sales than Bob?
1) The difference between the number of sales Raina made and the number of sales Bob made was ten percent of the number of sales Raina made.
2) Bob made 9/19 of the total number of sales made by himself and Raina.
The OA is D
Last week, Raina and Bob made a combined total of 190 sales
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Say the number of sales made by Raina is x, and the number of sales made by Bob is y.BTGmoderatorLU wrote:Source: Veritas Prep
Last week, Raina and Bob made a combined total of 190 sales at a computer store. Raina made how many more sales than Bob?
1) The difference between the number of sales Raina made and the number of sales Bob made was ten percent of the number of sales Raina made.
2) Bob made 9/19 of the total number of sales made by himself and Raina.
The OA is D
Thus, x + y = 190.
We have to find out the value of x - y.
Let's take each statement one by one.
1) The difference between the number of sales Raina made and the number of sales Bob made was ten percent of the number of sales Raina made.
=> x - y = 10% of x
x - y = 0.1x
y = 0.9x
From x + y = 190 and y = .09x, we can get the unique values of x and y, thus x - y. Sufficient.
2) Bob made 9/19 of the total number of sales made by himself and Raina.
=> y = 9/19 of (x + y)
19y = 9x + 9y
y = 0.9x
This is the same relationship that we derived from Statement 1. Sufficient.
The correct answer: D
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