tough one

trump wrote:3 children, Alice, Brian and Chris, have a total of $1.20 between them. Does Chris have the most money?



1 Alice has 35 cents

2 - Chris has 40 cents.


B

Dont get the explanation. Anyone care to explain? Thanks much!!

I've never been a huge fan of this question, because "the most" seems a bit ambiguous.

The explanation assumes that you can only have "the most" money if ties don't count.

From (1) we know that B and C have 85 cents between them, but no info on individual amounts - insufficient.

From (2) we know that A and B have 80 cents between them. So, either they have 40 cents each or one of them has more than 40 cents.

Here's why I'm not a big fan of this question: if all 3 of them have 40 cents, does that mean that all of them have the most, or none of them has the most?

Since (b) is the accredited answer, clearly the question writer has determined that none of them has the most money (because either they all have the same or someone has more than C and that statement (2) is sufficient.